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  • Special Investigating Unit — SIU
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd — Eskom
  • South African Police Service — SAPS
  • Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) — regulator
  • National Prosecuting Authority — NPA
  • State Security Agency — SSA
  • Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa — PRASA
  • Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) — DWS
  • Chief Directorate of Special Operations (SSA) — CDSO
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation — SABC
  • Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — CoGTA
  • South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) — SASSA
  • Bosasa Operations (Pty) Ltd / African Global Operations — Bosasa
  • Transnet SOC Ltd — Transnet
  • National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) — regulator
  • Chancellor House Holdings — Chancellor House
  • Gauteng Department of Health — Gauteng Health
  • Oakbay Investments (Pty) Ltd — Oakbay
  • Public Investment Corporation (PIC) — PIC
  • eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality — eThekwini (Durban)
  • Department of Social Development — Social Development
  • VBS Mutual Bank — VBS
  • Department of Home Affairs — Home Affairs
  • Inspector-General of Intelligence — IGI
  • Department of Defence and Military Veterans — Defence
  • Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — DALRRD
  • City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality — City of Joburg
  • City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality — Tshwane
  • South African Social Security Agency — SASSA
  • Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) — IEC
  • Department of Mineral Resources — DMR
  • South African Airways — SAA
  • Eastern Cape Department of Health — EC Health
  • Free State Provincial Government — Free State
  • Mpumalanga Provincial Government (ANC) — ANC Mpumalanga
  • Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd — PetroSA
  • City of Cape Town — Cape Town
  • Black Sash Trust — Black Sash
  • Office of the Public Protector — Public Protector
  • Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse — OUTA
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality — NMB Metro
  • Nkomazi Local Municipality — Nkomazi
  • Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality — Maluti-a-Phofung
  • Commission of Inquiry into Criminal Justice System Capture — Madlanga Commission
  • Collins Chabane Local Municipality — Collins Chabane LM
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — PwC
  • Commission on Restitution of Land Rights — Land Claims Commission
  • Emfuleni Local Municipality — Emfuleni
  • National Student Financial Aid Scheme — NSFAS
  • North West Department of Health — NW Health

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Commission of Inquiryoperational

Special Investigating Unit

Justice & Constitutional Development

R466.8 billion40 amacala
State-Owned Enterprisedysfunctional

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

Energy & Electricity (Eskom, NERSA)

R2.9 trillion15 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

South African Police Service

Police & Law Enforcement (SAPS, Hawks, IPID)

R104.5 billion13 amacala
Regulatoroperational

Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA)

SOEs (General / Cross-cutting)

R338.2 billion9 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

National Prosecuting Authority

Justice & Constitutional Development

R227.1 billion8 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

State Security Agency

State Security (SSA, SASS, NIA)

R52.3 billion7 amacala
State-Owned Enterprisedysfunctional

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

Transport (Transnet, PRASA, SANRAL)

R92.4 billion7 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)

Water & Sanitation

R48.2 billion6 amacala
Government Departmentcollapsed

Chief Directorate of Special Operations (SSA)

State Security (SSA, SASS, NIA)

R2.3 billion6 amacala
State-Owned Enterprisedysfunctional

South African Broadcasting Corporation

Communications (SABC, GCIS, PostBank)

R11.4 billion6 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Local Government / Municipalities

R255.5 billion6 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)

Social Development (SASSA)

R38.2 billion5 amacala
Private Companyliquidated

Bosasa Operations (Pty) Ltd / African Global Operations

Justice & Constitutional Development

R19.0 billion5 amacala
State-Owned Enterprisedysfunctional

Transnet SOC Ltd

Transport (Transnet, PRASA, SANRAL)

R801.0 billion5 amacala
Regulatoroperational

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)

SOEs (General / Cross-cutting)

R16.1 billion5 amacala
Private Companyoperational

Chancellor House Holdings

National Treasury & Finance

R464.2 billion5 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Gauteng Department of Health

Health

R130.6 billion5 amacala
Private Companycollapsed

Oakbay Investments (Pty) Ltd

SOEs (General / Cross-cutting)

R560.3 billion5 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Public Investment Corporation (PIC)

National Treasury & Finance

R213.9 billion4 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R53.3 billion4 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Department of Social Development

Social Development (SASSA)

R48.2 billion4 amacala
State-Owned Enterpriseliquidated

VBS Mutual Bank

National Treasury & Finance

R4.4 billion4 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Department of Home Affairs

Local Government / Municipalities

R113.7 billion4 amacala
Regulatoroperational

Inspector-General of Intelligence

State Security (SSA, SASS, NIA)

R11.3 billion4 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Department of Defence and Military Veterans

Defence & Military

R53.5 billion4 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Land Reform & Agriculture

R15.9 billion4 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R28.5 billion3 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R18.3 billion3 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

South African Social Security Agency

Social Development (SASSA)

R26.0 billion3 amacala
Commission of Inquirydysfunctional

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)

Justice & Constitutional Development

R03 amacala
Government Departmentmerged

Department of Mineral Resources

Minerals & Energy

R49.2 billion3 amacala
State-Owned Enterprisecollapsed

South African Airways

Transport (Transnet, PRASA, SANRAL)

R135.0 billion3 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Eastern Cape Department of Health

Health

R22.0 billion3 amacala
Government Departmentdysfunctional

Free State Provincial Government

Provincial Government

R25.5 billion3 amacala
Political Partyoperational

Mpumalanga Provincial Government (ANC)

Provincial Government

R11.3 billion3 amacala
State-Owned Enterprisedysfunctional

Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd

Minerals & Energy

R29.5 billion3 amacala
Municipalityoperational

City of Cape Town

Local Government / Municipalities

R11.0 billion3 amacala
NGO / Civil Societyoperational

Black Sash Trust

Social Development (SASSA)

R16.0 billion2 amacala
Commission of Inquirydysfunctional

Office of the Public Protector

Justice & Constitutional Development

R386.0 million2 amacala
NGO / Civil Societyoperational

Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse

National Treasury & Finance

R62.7 billion2 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R8.5 billion2 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

Nkomazi Local Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R02 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R250.0 billion2 amacala
Commission of Inquiryoperational

Commission of Inquiry into Criminal Justice System Capture

Justice & Constitutional Development

R02 amacala
Municipalitydysfunctional

Collins Chabane Local Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R2.0 billion2 amacala
Private Companyoperational

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

National Treasury & Finance

R212.1 billion2 amacala
Commission of Inquirydysfunctional

Commission on Restitution of Land Rights

Land Reform & Agriculture

R6.6 billion2 amacala
Municipalityunder administration

Emfuleni Local Municipality

Local Government / Municipalities

R254.0 billion2 amacala
Government Departmentunder administration

National Student Financial Aid Scheme

Education

R12.0 billion2 amacala
Government Departmentunder administration

North West Department of Health

Health

R9.0 billion2 amacala

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