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The country’s financial systems, especially international transfers, must be fit for purpose in the digital age. Photo: File

Greylisting is a symptom. South Africa’s real crisis is dysfunction without consequence

Financial crime governance should be happening in the boardroom and the legal and financial fallout from the lack of enforcement is becoming increasingly serious

Where are our financial watchdogs?

Victims of scams and pyramid schemes have little chance of recouping their financial losses

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)

NPA must move fast for SA to escape grey list’s grasp

The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Godongwana says risk of grey-listing is real

The finance minister said South Africa still needs to address shortcomings but hopes the sanctions will not be severe

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (Photo: David Harrison)

Budget brings more money for police and National Prosecuting Authority

Fresh billions will allow the appointment of 15 000 police trainees and prosecutors with skill in bringing financial crimes to court

Reformed: Mauritius cleaned up its act and turned itself around after being greylisted. Photo: Peter Kuchar

SA’s possible greylisting is a blessing in disguise

The country shouldn’t be facing this threat but it could bring urgency to bringing in reforms to stop corruption

The treasury on Wednesday allocated more funding to the justice department to improve the prosecution service’s capacity to pursue complex cases, with an emphasis on financial crimes. It promised more of the same to come in the main budget in February 2023.

Treasury opens the purse for corruption prosecutions

After a small increase in the MTBPS, there will be further allocations for the NPA and the fight against financial crime in the 2023 budget

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands over the last part of his report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Ntswe Mokoena

Why state capture could see SA greylisted

The Gupta era exposed the flaws in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and now the government is dealing with the consequences

What the Fica? South Africa’s possible greylisting in black and white

South Africa’s banks and the treasury must address legal loopholes and weaknesses by October or face greylisting by global money laundering watchdog

Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke.

Failing State: Only 16% of SA’s municipalities get clean audit

Less than one in five municipalities received a clean audit for 2020-21

Head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya was presumably not impressed by the porn hack.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Felix Dlangamandla)

Hackers infiltrate SA illicit financial flows conference with porn clip

The conference was attended by state agencies, blue- chip global and local non-governmental agencies and public accountability experts

Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his maiden budget speech in the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. (Photo: David Harrison)

Godongwana plumps up NPA amid worries over state capture cases

The finance minister adds R426-million to employ 90 more staff for the Investigating Directorate, but most of it must be found through ‘reprioritisation’

Especially egregious: In 2020, ordinary people donated food and sanitary products to fill a void left by the South African Social Security Agency’s bungling of aid distribution, for which it budgeted R45.5-million. This was beset by corruption and non-delivery, and for which it has yet to experience legal sanction. Photo: ER Lombard/Gallo Images

NPA fails to deal with R7.8bn in Covid-19 corruption

Not ‘trial ready’: 386 Special Investigating Unit referrals lead to just one case in court so far

Pangolins at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital NPC which specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of indigenous wildlife

Following the wildlife traffickers’ money

The illegal wildlife trade is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises worldwide, but only recently has the focus shifted to investigating its financial flows

The Pretoria high court on Tuesday dismissed with costs the Economic Freedom Fighters’s bid to force the disclosure of details of donations to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to claim the leadership of the ANC in 2017. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

EFF loses high court bid to unseal CR17 campaign records

Judge Cassim Sardiwalla says there are no compelling private or public reasons for disclosure

The Pretoria high court on Tuesday dismissed with costs the Economic Freedom Fighters’s bid to force the disclosure of details of donations to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to claim the leadership of the ANC in 2017. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa can’t separate funding for ANC bid from becoming president, high court hears

Counsel for the Economic Freedom Fighters are seeking to force the disclosure of records showing who bankrolled the CR17 campaign

Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

FIC: No conclusive indication that CR17 laundered money

In court papers, the Financial Intelligence Centre insists that it acted lawfully in providing the information it did to the Public Protector

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane calls Basani Baloyi’s court case “vindictive vengeance”, and it may well be so. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Now FNB probes Mkhwebane

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under intense scrutiny following a series of controversial findings

In retired Judge Robert Nugent’s interim report on the commission of inquiry into the Sars released last month, Nugent recommended that Ramaphosa fire Moyane. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Moyane fired, Presidency confirms

Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko confirmed to the Mail & Guardian that his notice of termination was served on Thursday

Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane. (David Harrison/M&G)

Gordhan lays out state’s case against suspended SARS boss

Tom Moyane was suspended from the tax agency on March 19 this year