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The value of freezing orders climbed from R1.028-billion in 2021 to R5.832-billion this year. At the same time, the value of recoveries increased from R111-million to R281-million.

Against the backdrop of securing 61 convictions in high-profile corruption cases over the past 10 years, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says the government's aim is not to see how many convictions may be achieved, but to ensure that justice is done, and seen to be done.

It is further alleged that this process would be completed by the examiner who is the Traffic officer and the client is then declared competent and subsequently issued with learner’s license.

Instead of dealing with the country’s culture of corruption, President Cyril Ramaphosa prefers to delay, deflect, defer and duck responsibility for cleaning up the mess made both before and since he took office.

The report, which was released by the commission’s chair Raymond Zondo at the turn of the year, highlighted the NPA’s failure to successfully prosecute corruption cases.The report further re...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has created a task force dedicated to dealing with the recommendations made in the first state capture report.

The word corruption has its roots in the Latin adjective corruptus which refers to something that is spoiled, corrupted or perverted.In South Africa, evidence of the perversion of public funds abounds. In his 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

Zukiswa Kota argues that South is not doing enough to transform the state of 'corruptus in extremis', writing that key regulatory and oversight agencies such as the National Prosecuting Authority are underfunded.

The word corruption has its roots in the Latin adjective corruptus which refers to something that is spoiled, corrupted or perverted. In South Africa, evidence of the perversion of public funds abounds. In his 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement the country’s finance minister Enoch Godongwana warned that rampant corruption was a persistent issue draining public finances.

South Africa isn’t doing enough to tackle corruption. Key regulatory and oversight agencies are underfunded. And accountability is weak.