Transport Corruption2026
Stellenbosch: Senior Traffic Official Jailed Six Years for Selling Driver's Licences — R5,550 in Bribes
ProvenRamaphosa EraConvicted & Sentenced
R5,550 (bribes, court record)
1 person2 institutions2 sources COVID-19 Corruption2026
SIU UIF-TERS Crackdown: R27m+ Preserved, Convictions Across Provinces
ProvenRamaphosa EraConvicted & Sentenced
R27 million+ (preserved/recovered)
Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
Tshwane Security Contract: R2.9bn Deal With Flagged Irregularities
ReportedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R2.9 billion
Contract Value1 person1 institution1 source SOE Looting2026
Eskom Kusile/Matla: SIU Freezes R76.5m in Properties and Vehicles
DocumentedRamaphosa EraCivil Recovery
R76.5 million (preserved)
Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
SAPS Medicare24 Tender: R360m Police Health Contract Prosecution
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
R360 million
Contract Value2 persons3 institutions3 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
Emfuleni "Ghost Fleet": R16m Paid for 18 Vehicles, Seven Delivered — Supplier Arrested After the Whistleblower Was Murdered
AllegedRamaphosa EraProsecution
R16 million (fleet tender; R34m+ total dealings)
2 persons3 institutions3 sources Municipal Collapse2026
Cape Town: Public Protector Finds Maladministration in Langa Flats and Khayelitsha Service Delivery
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
2 persons2 institutions2 sources Transport Corruption2026
PRASA "Tall Trains" Fallout: SARS Links Montana to R30m From Locomotive Contractor
ReportedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R30 million+ (SARS-traced)
1 person1 institution2 sources Municipal Collapse2026
Johannesburg Insolvency: JSE Suspends City Bonds as Metro Owes R25bn
DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action
R25.2 billion (owed)
Hidden Liability1 person1 institution1 source Justice System Obstruction2026
Police Infiltration Scandal: Parliament Finds "Serious Institutional Crisis"
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
2 persons2 institutions1 source Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
Correctional Services: CFO and Three Senior Officials Suspended as Hawks Open Case on R1.6bn Coal Tender
AllegedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R1.6 billion+ (reported contract value)
Contract Value1 person2 institutions3 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
eThekwini: SIU Probe Widened to Six Security and VIP-Protection Contracts as City Budgets R318m for Guards
AllegedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
Not disclosed (R318m budgeted for guards in 2026/27)
Contract ValueTender Fraud / Procurement2026
Mangaung: SIU Proclamation on Nine Metro-Police Tenders — Corollas, a Fire Truck, Bus Contracts and Supplier Overpayments
AllegedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
Not disclosed (nine contracts; overpayments per 2023/24 AFS)
Contract ValueSocial Grant Fraud2026
NSFAS Fraud Arrests: Eleven in Court Over Shell-Company Diversions
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
Molemole: R38m Landfill Tender to a Former Official's Company — 13 Accused After Three Waves of Hawks Arrests
AllegedRamaphosa EraProsecution
R38 million (Hawks estimate of loss)
SOE Looting2026
Eskom Diesel Tender MWP2197GX: R3bn Prepaid Outside Contract Terms, Officials Disciplined, Hawks Referral
DocumentedRamaphosa EraDisciplinary
R3 billion (prepayments outside contract terms; R21bn tender)
Contract Value1 person4 institutions3 sources Municipal Collapse2026
AGSA MFMA 2024-25: No Metro Clean, 15% of Municipalities Clean, R145bn Irregular Since 2021, 45% of Councils on Unfunded Budgets
DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action
R145.21 billion (irregular expenditure accumulated since 2021-22, AGSA)
1 person1 institution3 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
eMadlangeni (Utrecht): Former Mayor, Municipal Manager and CFO Charged Over R2.01m Paid for a Mall Study Never Done
AllegedRamaphosa EraProsecution
R2,014,250 (invoice paid in full)
3 persons2 institutions3 sources Ghost Workers/Beneficiaries2026
NSFAS: Public Protector Finds 40,000 Students Improperly Funded at R5.1bn While 40,000 Eligible Students Went Unfunded
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
R5.1 billion (improper funding 2018–2021, SIU finding adopted by PP)
3 persons2 institutions2 sources Financial Sector Corruption2026
VBS Accountability: IRBA Permanently Strikes Off KPMG Auditor Sipho Malaba
ProvenRamaphosa EraDisciplinary
R1.6m fine + ~R9.2m costs
Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
SA Navy: Hawks Refer R102m Simon's Town Tender Fraud — Local Spares Invoiced as German Imports, Work Never Done
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
R102.27 million (Hawks estimate across five Simon's Town matters)
State Capture2026
Vincent Smith: First Bosasa/Zondo State Capture Conviction — 7 Years
ProvenRamaphosa EraConvicted & Sentenced
R28 million
bribery_kickbacksJustice System Obstruction2026
IDAC Collapse: Anti-Corruption Head Resigns After Madlanga Commission Exposes Prosecutions Built on a Solicited Affidavit
DocumentedRamaphosa EraDisciplinary
3 persons3 institutions3 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
North West Transport Investments: SIU Proclamation on R168m Carrim Bus Contract and the Matlala Money Trail
AllegedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R168 million (JV contract under investigation; R251m in tenders overall)
Contract Value3 persons4 institutions3 sources Municipal Collapse2026
Water Crisis: Half of Wastewater Systems Critical, R1.76bn in Material Irregularities
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R1.76 billion (AGSA confirmed losses)
SOE Looting2026
Eskom Buyer Convicted: R8.5m in Tenders Steered to Partner's and Uncle's Companies
ProvenRamaphosa EraConvicted & Sentenced
R8,525,738 (prejudice to Eskom, court record)
1 person2 institutions2 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
National Lotteries Commission: ~R2bn "Good Causes" Looting Probe
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
Nine Arrested in Eastern Cape Multimillion-Rand Tender Fraud
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
Multimillion-rand (exact figure not yet public)
Social Grant Fraud2026
Free State Premier Bursary Scandal: R8.3m Irregular, Bursary Paid to a Dead Student
DocumentedRamaphosa EraCivil Recovery
Tender Fraud / Procurement2026
Durban High Court Sets Aside R7bn KwaZulu-Natal Tender as Unlawful
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R7 billion (contract value)
Contract ValueJustice System Obstruction2026
Phala Phala: ConCourt Reopens Impeachment as Ramaphosa Goes to Court to Stop It
ProvenRamaphosa EraInquiry
Cadre Deployment2026
Ekurhuleni: Former City Manager, Legal and HR Heads Arrested for Shielding EMPD Deputy Chief in the Blue-Lights Saga
AllegedRamaphosa EraProsecution
R1.2 million (two alleged R600,000 salary increases; no aggregate loss figure)
3 persons3 institutions5 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2025
IDT CEO Tebogo Malaka: Allegations of Tender Kickbacks and Attempted Journalist Bribery
ReportedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
1 person1 institution1 source Municipal Collapse2025
SAHRC North West Inquiry: 14 of 19 Municipalities Violating Residents' Rights — Province Ordered to Fix Sewage Spills Within 24 Hours
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
Tender Fraud / Procurement2025
Bushbuckridge: SIU Proclamation on the Lillydale Phase 1 Street-Paving Contract
AllegedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
Not disclosed ("multi-million" MIG paving contract)
Contract ValueGhost Workers/Beneficiaries2025
KZN School Nutrition Ghost Companies: R2.9 Billion Tender Compromised by Phantom Firms
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R2.9 billion
Contract ValueSocial Grant Fraud2025
SASSA Insider Fraud Syndicates: R265 Million+ Stolen from Beneficiaries
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
Municipal Collapse2025
Knysna: 11 of 67 Sewer Pump Stations Working, Raw Sewage in the Lagoon Town — Council Dissolved After 17 Months of Warnings
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
1 person1 institution2 sources Municipal Collapse2025
Emalahleni R650M Environmental Fine: Largest Ever on a South African Municipality
ProvenRamaphosa EraCivil Recovery
Municipal Collapse2025
Ngwathe (Parys): High Court Orders Council Dissolved — Raw Sewage in the Vaal Since a 2010 Interdict, R1.47bn Owed to Eskom
ProvenRamaphosa EraInquiry
R1.467 billion (Eskom arrears per judgment; ~R1bn Rand Water additional)
Hidden LiabilityJustice System Obstruction2025
Madlanga Commission: Investigating the Capture of the Criminal Justice System
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
3 persons3 institutions5 sources Intelligence Abuse2025
Mchunu Placed on Leave of Absence: Madlanga Commission Investigates Mkhwanazi Allegations of Syndicate Infiltration
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
Ghost Workers/Beneficiaries2025
National PERSAL Ghost Worker Fraud: R3.9 Billion Per Year Draining Public Payroll
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
1 person2 institutions7 sources Tender Fraud / Procurement2024
Mhlathuze Water R37M Fraud: CEO Arrested, 14 Accused, Dudu Myeni Forced Off Board
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
1 person1 institution1 source SOE Looting2024
SABC Signal Crisis: R3.2B Bailout Failed, Digital Migration 15+ Years Late, Blackout Threat
DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action
Infrastructure Theft2024
Mogale City/Krugersdorp Illegal Mining Crisis: 30,000 Zama-Zamas, 200 Syndicates, SANDF Deployed
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
Municipal Collapse2024
Makhado (Louis Trichardt): Dams 90.5% Full But Residents Have No Water — Sheriff Seizes Vehicles
DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action
Cadre Deployment2024
NHFC Governance Collapse: CEO Suspended, Board Expired, Only 39% Targets Met
DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action
Municipal Collapse2024
Nkomazi Municipality: Councillors Withhold Water to Sell via Tankers — Politician Shot for Exposing Scheme
ReportedRamaphosa EraNo Action
Justice System Obstruction2024
Stilfontein Mine Siege: Government Starves Out Thousands of Trapped Illegal Miners
ProvenRamaphosa EraInquiry