Entries by Corruption Watch

Early 2023 commencement for balance of General Laws amendment act

6th January 2023 in , , , /by

The remainder of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act will commence on 1 April 2023, except for two sections. The first instalment took force on 31 December 2022. The act was hastily developed in response to South Africa’s potential unwelcome appearance on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list of countries under increased monitoring, as a result of deficiencies in its anti-money laundering legislation..

Criminal justice partly responsible for empty tender defaulters register

12th December 2022 in , , , /by

The fact that National Treasury’s tender defaulters database is empty – and likely has been ever since it was set up in 2004 – is less of a Treasury problem and more of a criminal justice system problem, says procurement law expert Prof Geo Quinot. One probable reason, he contends, is that there are not enough prosecutions happening under the very specific procurement-related provisions of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.