South Africa

Public Service Act 103 of 1994, (English);
Executive Members’ Ethics Act of 1998, (English);
Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000, (English);
Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004, (English);
Public Service Amendment Act 30 of 2007, (English);
Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 of 2017, (English);
Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ Interests for Assembly and Permanent Council Members, (English);
Public Service Regulations, (English).

Investigating Directorate, (English);
Public Service Commission, (English);
Special Investigating Unit, (English);
Special Tribunal, (English).

UN

OECD

G20

FATF

BRICS

AU

The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2004.
The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.

The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2007.
The country is undergoing Phase 3 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.

Member of the FATF since 2003.
Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.

BRICS Member since 2011.
Holds BRICS Presidency in 2023.

The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2005.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023

Overall Score:

41 out of 100

Rank:

83 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

46 out of 141

Open Budget 2023

Overall Score:

83 out of 100

The Rule of Law Index 2023

Overall Score:

0,57 out of 1

Rank:

56 out of 142

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

118 out of 150

Rank:

16 out of 140

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

7,51 out of 10

Rank:

31 out of 119

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Compliance

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Tags

Conflict of interest Corruption whistleblowers Corruption measurement Corruption in sport Illicit enrichment Asset disclosure Education and enlightenment Compliance Corruption in public procurement International cooperation Anti-corruption authorities Standards of conduct Foreign bribery Sanctions Anti-corruption policies and strategies Criminal prosecution

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