South Africa’s corruption crisis is no longer just a question of how much money is being lost. It is a question of whether the state has the institutions and independence needed to fight corruption effectively.

The National Briefing · Sep 16, 2026 · 6m

South Africa’s corruption crisis is no longer just a question of how much money is being lost. It is a question of whether the state has the institutions and independence needed to fight corruption effectively. More than a decade ago, the Constitutional Court’s landmark Glenister v President of the Republic of South Africa judgment established an important principle: the state has a constitutional obligation to create an effective and sufficiently independent mechanism to combat corruption.

Guest: Steven Powell - Head of Forensics at ENS