Judicial Matters Amendment Bill (2025)
read more >>Terrorism financing risk assessment update – Non-profit Organisations (NPOs)
Historically an area noted as being critically weak in terms of the effective assessment, with a low rating under the Immediate Outcomes (IO.9 and IO.10) ratings.
read more >>Judicial Matters Amendment Bill (2023)
In April 2024, the President enacted the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill (2023) into law. The bill aims to modernise and improve the functioning of judicial and related legal frameworks in SA through a series of targeted amendments across multiple laws, including compliance with a Constitutional Court judgment. As a result, the bill amends the principal…
read more >>Institutional framework for sanctions
South Africa has applied its institutional framework for sanctions in alignment with the FATF recommendations and has made substantial progress in addressing the strategic deficiencies that led to its grey listing in February 2023. COMPLETE: We stopped tracking this specific reform at end-June 2025 as it is complete and in effect.
read more >>Bank compliance review (per Zondo recommendation)
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has been actively involved in conducting a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of the current regulatory reporting regime under the FIC Act, focusing specifically on banking compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures as recommended by the Zondo Commission. The bank compliance review is intended to ensure that banks…
read more >>Establish Standing Appointment and Oversight Committee (Zondo)
The recommendation by the Zondo Commission to establish a Standing Appointment and Oversight Committee relates to improving governance and accountability within SOEs. The committee, that is yet to be established, would provide an independent, transparent and rigorous process for appointing boards and senior executives (such as CEOs and CFOs) in SOEs.
read more >>National Anti-Corruption Charter
A National Anti-Corruption Charter as recommended by the Zondo Commission would establish shared principles, ethical standards and a code of conduct aimed at preventing corrupt practices.
read more >>Anti state capture and corruption commission
This commission is meant to build on the work of the Zondo Commission by providing a continuous institutional mechanism to investigate, expose and make findings on acts of state capture and corruption, rather than relying on temporary or ad hoc inquiries.
read more >>New statutory offence to abuse public office
Responsibility to develop legislation to make it a statutory offence to abuse public office rests with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which is evaluating recommendations on this issue from the South African Law Reform Commission recommendations and reviewing international best practice.
read more >>Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act (PRECCA) reform to strengthen obligation on private sector to prevent corruption
The Zondo Commission recommended that PRECCA be amended to introduce a provision criminalising the failure of persons or entities to prevent bribery. This recommendation has been implemented through the Judicial Matters Amendment Act (Act 15 of 2023), which commenced on 3 April 2024. The Act adds a new section (34A) to PRECCA, creating an offence…
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