Following comments invited in January this year by the National Treasury, the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing [AML/CTF]) Amendment Bill) has been introduced to Parliament and now resides with the Standing Committee on Finance. That committee has invited stakeholders, interested parties, and the public to submit further written comments on the latest Read more >
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OPINIONS
By Melusi NcalaFirst published on Daily Maverick If South Africa wants to meaningfully and effectively combat corruption, it must abandon its stance of selective condemnation. We see it every day, especially when a political opponent is accused: due process becomes an afterthought, and the allegation alone is treated as a conviction, without a single minute Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Corruption Watch (CW) welcomes the Constitutional Court’s decision, handed down today, to order Parliament to conduct impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa in connection with the Phala Phala scandal of 2020. The proceedings will be held under Section 89 of the Constitution, which deals with the impeachment of the president by the National Assembly, and Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Carmen Molina Acosta First published on The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists In a court in Cologne, Germany, a former law firm executive sat and listened as his lawyers read out a statement. “In the end, I accept the consequences,” his lawyers told the courtroom on his behalf at the March hearing. For Christoph Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
The National Treasury has published the latest version of the draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing [AML/CFT]) amendment bill 2025 and invites public comment on the bill. The deadline for submissions is 13 February 2026. The bill was published on 14 January in Government Gazette 53955, and is an update to the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
In June this year we reported that South Africa was likely to be removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list after that organisation’s next plenary, which took place from 22-24 October. This has now happened, with the FATF announcing that it welcomed “South Africa’s significant progress in improving its AML/CFT regime”. The Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Richard MessickFirst posted on the Global Anticorruption Blog Thanks to a last-minute legal manoeuvrer, defendants in Namibia’s largest ever corruption case again escaped answering for their crimes. Set to start 5 August, their trial was postponed pending a ruling on a long-shot motion to invalidate all pre-trial rulings. While unlikely to succeed, the motion Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
In February this year we reported that South Africa had addressed all but two of the action items highlighted as regulatory weaknesses by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), after a mutual evaluation review in 2021. This resulted in the country’s unwelcome debut on the FATF grey list in February 2023. The FATF is the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Corruption Watch is deeply interested in and concerned about the ongoing illicit wildlife trade (IWT), which affects our country drastically and is driven in large part by corruption in various sectors of our society. Over the years we have reported on developments and challenges with various trafficked species, always emphasising that corruption enables these heinous Read more >