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, Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, 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: Nyeleti Magadze, Head, Stakeholder Engagement, Anti-Corruption Coalition, GIBS
Panelists:
- Khangi Khoza, Chief Executive Officer, Swissport South Africa
- Peter Solmssen, former general counsel of Siemens
- Colette Ashton, Research Consultant, ISS
