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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

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

More to be done before SA makes its great grey list escape

According to the treasury, the country’s authorities still need to fulfil 17 tasks in its 22-point plan This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…

Investor confidence is low as citizens and domestic private companies stash their cash abroad to protect it from the volatility of the weakened rand. (Getty)

Rand reels amid rates reckoning, braces for election turmoil

The local currency could be in for more volatility as political push-and-pull raises uncertainty

Investor confidence is low as citizens and domestic private companies stash their cash abroad to protect it from the volatility of the weakened rand. (Getty)

Self-inflicted pain makes SA rand a sore thumb

The currency, which is usually a bellwether for other emerging markets, has diverged from global trends – thanks in large part to the energy crisis

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

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Ramaphosa: South Africa’s greylisting is an opportunity to strengthen the fight against financial crimes

In his weekly newsletter, the president argues that he welcomes the intensified monitoring by FATF

DA supporters march to Luthuli House to protest against the energy crisis South Africa is currently facing.  (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

DA: Greylisting is indictment on government’s inability to combat financial crimes

The top priority must be to take swift action to get off the greylist, restore SA’s reputation and regain the global community’s trust, party says

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

Despite progress, South Africa’s greylisting is in black and white

Financial Action Task Force noted the country made ‘a high-level political commitment’ to work with the watchdog to tackle money laundering

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

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