Entries by Corruption Watch

New index assesses money laundering weaknesses in real estate markets 

26 March 2025 in , /by

The newly released Opacity in Real Estate Ownership index scores 24 jurisdictions, including South Africa, on two metrics: the scope and availability of real estate data; and the strength of anti-money laundering legal frameworks for the real estate sector. The report is published by Transparency International and the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, who say: “Despite years of pledges from the world’s most powerful economies to crack down on money laundering, a new index has found that property markets are still shockingly exposed.”

Beneficial ownership register up and running in SA

24 March 2025 in , /by

South Africa’s beneficial ownership register is up and running. The register is an important step in South Africa’s efforts to exit the FATF grey list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring. The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission told Parliament last month that it has received around 1.1-million beneficial ownership submissions, which are now in the register.

CW to release its 2024 annual corruption report

20 March 2025 in , , , /by

Corruption Watch’s 13th annual corruption report, titled Accountable together, will be released on Thursday 27 March 2025. The report’s theme demonstrates the organisation’s ongoing advocacy for accountability – one of the basic principles of democracy, along with transparency, rule of law, public participation, free and fair elections, and others. Accountability must begin with ourselves and extend to every level of society, business, and government.

SIU briefs Parly on TERS-related investigations

12 March 2025 in , , /by

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met at the end of February to receive a briefing from the Special Investigating Unit on the results of two investigations into irregularities relating to the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme, set up during the Covid pandemic. The organisation based its investigations on the Auditor-General’s special real-time Covid emergency fund audits, and information supplied by the UIF and Corruption Watch.

Traffic cop corruption tarnishes all policing in South Africa

5 March 2025 in , /by

Anti-corruption measures targeting traffic police, not just SAPS, are vital to improve safety in SA’s major cities, writes David Bruce for the Institute for Security Studies. This is where police minister Senzo Mchunu’s current focus on prioritising greater co-operation in terms of safety in metro areas, bringing the police service into the situation through co-operation agreements, may bear fruit.