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Eyewitness News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Kubayi says lifestyle audits underway in Justice Dept in effort to root out corruption
Lindsay Dentlinger 5 May 2025 | 12:34 Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi addressed the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa in Cape Town on 5 May 2025. Picture: @DOJCD_ZA/X CAPE TOWN - Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said that lifestyle audits were currently underway in her department as part of efforts to root out corruption. It's been a pledge that President Cyril Ramaphosa has made since the start of his presidency in 2018, but has not been followed through across the civil service. ALSO READ: SIU's Mothibi flags increasing threats against investigators probing corruption Addressing the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa on Monday, Kubayi said the methods of preventing and combatting corruption should be infused with modern technology tools, such as artificial intelligence. "Through this, we will be able to detect those who are living above their means as a way to starting to understand that as a public servant who are serving, if they live above their means, we will be able to follow the money, but we will be able to also follow the behaviour. That's why we are emphasising the need for us to change the way we investigate is important, and cannot be emphasised more." Head of the Special Investigating Unit, Andy Mothibi, said that lifestyle audits were key to nipping corruption in the bud, providing upfront indicators of where graft may be taking place. "We would like to know if you are living above your means. How is it that you afford that? And we follow the sources of the money and so, as part of the prevention framework, we will be implementing several measures and we will be speaking about those during the five days of the conference."
Eyewitness News
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Struggle heroes Benjamin Malasella Moloise and Abraham Zakhele Mngomezulu laid to rest
Ntokozo Khumalo 3 May 2025 | 16:18 Struggle heroes Benjamin Malesela Moloise and Abraham Zakhele Mngomezulu were laid to rest after they were hanged decades ago and buried in unmarked graves. Picture: X/@DOJCD_ZA JOHANNESBURG - Struggle heroes Benjamin Malesela Moloise and Abraham Zakhele Mngomezulu have been laid to rest at home, decades after the executions under apartheid-rule. The two were reburied in Orlando, Soweto on Saturday in a ceremony attended by their family members and government officials. ALSO READ: South Africa returns remains of activist executed 40 years ago Justice Minister Mmamaloko Kubayi says the activists paid the ultimate price for a freedom they never got to enjoy. Moloise was hanged in 1985 after being convicted of murdering a security policeman - a charge he denied until his death. Mngomezulu faced the same fate after being found guilty of killing another man, Mandla Khoza, during a political dispute. Under the Apartheid system, their families were barred from attending their funerals. They were buried in unmarked graves. Kubayi says their blood and sacrifice helped lay the foundation for the democracy South Africans live in today. "We stand here proudly to say that Comrade Benjamin's and Comrade Abraham's lives were not taken in vain. Their blood and unbreakable spirit formed part of the spear that dealt the death blow to the apartheid regime. Their contribution to the struggle formed part of the foundation of the democracy that we enjoy today." Today's reburial has been described as a step towards restoring their dignity and giving their loved ones a sense of closure.
