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30 October 2026 Corruption & Governance Watch

Focus


Matalala affidavit lifts lid on alleged cash payouts to Cele

A leaked draft affidavit compiled by tender fraud accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala contained allegations against senior police officials and political figures, including cash bribes, extortion, tender manipulation and interference in parliamentary proceedings, The Citizen reports. Matlala compiled the affidavit in custody ... Read More

South Africa


Vrede farm case headed for pre-trial conference

The corruption case involving businessman Iqbal Sharma, his company Nulane Investments, Gupta-linked associates and several former Free State Agriculture Department officials has been postponed to 20 January for a pre-trial conference at the Bloemfontein Free State High Court (Bloemfontein). The ... Read More

Commission summons ex-Ramaphosa adviser

The Madlanga Commission has reportedly served a former adviser to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Dr Bejani Chauke, with a notice requiring him to account for WhatsApp conversations with late taxi boss Jotham Msibi, including messages concerning state security. Chauke has been ... Read More

Recycling group claims Zuma demanded €1m and stake

New documents and an alleged first-hand account claim that former President Jacob Zuma demanded €1m in cash and a 15% stake in a waste-tyre recycling company, conveyed through fixer Roy Moodley. News24 reports that the allegation emerges from a batch ... Read More

Analysis


Unpacking the breaches that led to SAA CEO's downfall

The governance breaches that saw former SAA acting CEO Matshela Seshibe found guilty on four of six disciplinary charges sit oddly beside an airline out of runway and without a CEO, Lindsey Schutters, a business and technology journalist, writes in ... Read More

Rest of Africa


NGO wants Mozambique Minister’s Chinese ties probed

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a Mozambican NGO, called for an investigation into possible links between Transport and Logistics Minister João Matlombe and Zhongmei, the Chinese company awarded the tender to operate the Machipanda border post in central ... Read More

Uganda watchdog directs Minister to suspend registrar

Uganda’s Inspectorate of Government (IG) directed Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao to enforce its earlier order to interdict Mercy Kainobwisho, Registrar General of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), over corruption allegations, the Monitor says. In a statement ... Read More

Kenya cemetery graft accused face defence hearing

Twelve accused in the KSh283.2m ($2.2m) Nairobi City cemetery land scandal were put on their defence after the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court ruled they had a case to answer, Capital FM reports. The accused faced charges including conspiracy to ... Read More

World


Bolsonaro flees Brazil amid graft probes

The Trump administration planned to grant a visa to Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who left Brazil after refusing to surrender his passports in a money laundering investigation, according to TIME. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio ... Read More

Malaysia freezes $100m in corporate mafia probe

Malaysian police froze and seized accounts worth RM409.21m ($100m) in a money laundering investigation into alleged corporate mafia activities, Traders Union writes. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said in a written parliamentary reply the total comprised 70 share trading ... Read More

Five held over NATO ship services fraud

Five people were arrested in Norway and searches were carried out in Germany and Romania in an investigation into suspected bribery and a €1m fraud linked to a company supplying services to NATO military vessels, the Shipping Telegraph notes. The ... Read More

Case Law Briefs


Malatjie v Clientèle Life Assurance (Debarment)

Financial Services Tribunal Sinenhlanhla Malatjie v Clientèle Life Assurance Company Limited Judgment: 19 October 2026 Keywords: Debarment – representative – Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, s 14 – application for reconsideration – Financial Sector Regulation Act, s 230 – ... Read More

SARS v Mkhize (Sale of preserved property)

KZN High Court (Durban) Commissioner for the SA Revenue Service v Mkhize & Others Judgment: 26 October 2026 Keywords: Tax – Ancillary application to realise preserved immovable property before determination of executability – Unmaintained and deteriorating – Realisation to preserve value ... Read More

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