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SA has just two action items to resolve for grey list exit, says FATF

24 Feb 2025, 10:12

Last week we reported on steps taken by South Africa to enable its removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, to which the country was added in February 2023. The FATF is the international standard-setting body that oversees global compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter financing of terrorism (CFT) rules. Its Read more >

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SA hopeful of exiting FATF grey list in 2025, two years after list debut

21 Feb 2025, 11:59

South Africa hopes to move off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list this year. The country was grey-listed in February 2023, and has been working since then to resolve the eight strategic deficiencies, relating to combating money laundering and terrorist financing, that were identified in the FATF 2021 mutual evaluation review. The FATF is the Read more >

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The engaged citizens’ guide to stopping corruption in South Africa

18 Feb 2025, 11:44

By Paul HoffmanFirst published on Daily Maverick Long ago, in a previous century and at a different time, the Durban Esplanade boasted a large pond in which small motorboats were available for hire by the public. Interested visitors paid for their numbered tickets and took a cruise around the pond in any direction they chose until Read more >

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Pause in FCPA enforcement is dangerous, says TI

13 Feb 2025, 12:52

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is in the news, and not for a good reason. On 10 February 2025, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing attorney-general Pam Bondi to pause enforcement of the FCPA until she reviews current policies and guidelines and issues new ones. It is not known how long Read more >

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TI: Do not use Corruption Perceptions Index to mask democratic decline

10 Feb 2025, 15:10

Global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency has warned against the use of its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released on 11 February, as a cover-up for declines in democracy. The organisation was referring to countries who, it says, “leveraged their CPI rankings – or even stagnant scores – to present a misleading image of their governance.” The CPI serves as Read more >

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SIU wants lifestyle audits & background checks for Joburg, Tshwane officials

04 Feb 2025, 14:41

“Nobody lives in a national address; everybody lives in a local address and it’s very important that we make sure that our local government works as it should, so that people can get the services that they deserve and secondly, so that the equitable share that is transferred to local government is used in the Read more >

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Lottery bosses asked State Security Agency to investigate whistle-blowers

30 Jan 2025, 12:23

Image: Raymond Joseph/GroundUp By Raymond JosephFirst published on GroundUp Former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda asked the State Security Agency (SSA) in December 2018 to investigate the leaking of documents that exposed lottery corruption. In an affidavit for the SSA, the NLC’s company secretary at the time, Nompumelelo Nene, listed media reports she Read more >

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CW soon in ConCourt to challenge CGE appointments

29 Jan 2025, 15:30

Corruption Watch (CW) will appear in the Constitutional Court on 6 March to challenge the National Assembly’s (NA) recent process to appoint persons to the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE). The organisation has cited the NA speaker, the president of the country, the Information Regulator, and the CGE as respondents. This matter is of tremendous Read more >

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The OCCRP’s most corrupt person of the year for 2024 is …

28 Jan 2025, 10:27

At the end of November we encouraged our readers to vote for their most corrupt person of the year on the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’s (OCCRP) Person of the Year poll for 2024. Every year since 2012, the OCCRP has singled out “those who do the most to wreak havoc around the world Read more >