How can South African business take action against corruption?

Investing in corruption prevention pays, and the business sector should lead the search for solutions.

Date: 2025-11-04

Time: 17:30 to 19:00

Venue: Classroom Afrika, GIBS, Johannesburg and online via Zoom

The private sector in South Africa is a potential leverage point for anti-corruption reform. Investing in corruption prevention pays. New research shows that compliance programmes are good for companies’ market share, profit margins and sustainable growth.

Companies are not incentivised to behave ethically if the sector they operate in is corrupt. Collective action projects driven by businesses can change systemic corruption – sector-by-sector and company-by-company. This seminar releases new ISS and GIBS analysis that presents two international good practice methods that businesses can use to proactively reduce corruption risks.

This seminar is co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria (GIBS).

Moderator: Cheryl Frank, Project Manager, Anti-Corruption and Accountability Project, ISS

Panelists:

Khulekani Mathe, CEO, Business Unity South Africa
Peter Solmssen, former General Counsel, Siemens
Anton du Plessis, Deputy National Director, National Prosecuting Authority
Pranesh Maharaj, Chief Programme Portfolio Officer, Special Investigating Unit
Khangi Khoza, Chief Executive Officer, Swissport South Africa (TBC)