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)
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 ValueSOE 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 ValueTender 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)
Municipal Collapse2026
Cape Town: Public Protector Finds Maladministration in Langa Flats and Khayelitsha Service Delivery
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
Transport Corruption2026
PRASA "Tall Trains" Fallout: SARS Links Montana to R30m From Locomotive Contractor
ReportedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
R30 million+ (SARS-traced)
Municipal Collapse2026
Johannesburg Insolvency: JSE Suspends City Bonds as Metro Owes R25bn
DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action
R25.2 billion (owed)
Hidden LiabilityJustice System Obstruction2026
Police Infiltration Scandal: Parliament Finds "Serious Institutional Crisis"
DocumentedRamaphosa EraInquiry
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 ValueTender 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 ValueMunicipal 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)
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)
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)
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
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 ValueMunicipal 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)
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)
Tender Fraud / Procurement2025
IDT CEO Tebogo Malaka: Allegations of Tender Kickbacks and Attempted Journalist Bribery
ReportedRamaphosa EraInvestigation
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
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
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
Tender Fraud / Procurement2024
Mhlathuze Water R37M Fraud: CEO Arrested, 14 Accused, Dudu Myeni Forced Off Board
DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution
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