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16 June 2026 Corruption & Governance Watch

Focus


Phala Phala committee splits on 'fit and proper'

As SA inches closer to seeing whether President Cyril Ramaphosa's impeachment will be more than a box-ticking exercise, the principle of 'fit and proper' came under sharp scrutiny when the National Assembly's rules committee met to consider the ... Read More

South Africa


Witness threatened after first testimony

The cocaine saga continued at the Madlanga Commission this week, with a senior narcotics investigator known as Witness I saying he received threatening calls overnight warning him his seniors were 'not happy' with his testimony, after his first day on the ... Read More

Idac revives Nulane corruption case

The NPA’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) has re-enrolled the R25m Gupta-linked Nulane Investments corruption case after a successful appeal overturned the acquittal of all accused, reports IoL. In June last year, the SCA overturned a decision by the Free ... Read More

Matlala tender topples 14 officers

The SAPS has confirmed the suspension of five additional senior officers as investigations and internal disciplinary processes linked to the controversial Medicare 24 tender continue to unfold. Last week, nine police officers were suspended over their alleged role in helping ... Read More

Analysis


GNU carve-up taints impeachment committee

Parliament's impeachment committee won't be impartial because its newly elected chair belongs to a small GNU party dependent on ANC patronage, Michael Beaumont, ActionSA's national chair, argues in TimesLIVE. The committee, established only after the Constitutional Court ordered it ... Read More

Rest of Africa


Mnangagwa accused of buying MPs' votes for Bill

A group of retired generals and former senior civil servants accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of being the 'principal architect and principal beneficiary' of the Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) Bill, alleging a $31m fund had been set aside to buy parliamentary ... Read More

Nigeria's apex court grants ex-Mint chief's extradition

The Supreme Court approved the extradition of former Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPM) managing director and chief executive Emmanuel Okoyomon to the UK to face bribery-related charges, Opinion Nigeria News reports. A five-member panel of the apex court ... Read More

World


UK opens PwC probe over WHSmith audit

The UK's accounting regulator launched an investigation into PwC's audit of WHSmith after the firm signed off accounts later found to have overstated the retailer's revenues and profits, the Financial Times says. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC ... Read More

CaaStle board sat on $283m fraud confession

The board of clothing rental start-up CaaStle waited three months to tell investors that founder and CEO Christine Hunsicker had confessed to a $283m fraud, allowing her to remain in post until news of a criminal investigation forced her resignation ... Read More

Essex NHS trust confirms cyber breach toll

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE), one of the largest hospital trusts in England, confirmed thousands of patient test results were stolen in a 2024 cyber attack, with the breach involving 2 380 records, the BBC reports. The ... Read More

Case Law Briefs


Gore v Moollajie (Trustees' remuneration)

SCA Gore v Moollajie NO and Others Judgment: 1 June 2026 Keywords: Insolvency – trustees’ remuneration – s 63(1) of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 – Tariff B – provisional trustees – final trustees – services rendered – ... Read More

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