REPUTATIONAL RISK: South Africa to meet finance watchdog in bid to avoid greylisting

A delegation led by the National Treasury’s Acting-Director General Ismail Momoniat will meet with the Financial Action Task Force’s Joint Group in Rabat, Morocco, on 13 January, the National Treasury said on Friday in a statement.

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa late last month signed into law two key pieces of legislation that was seen as important in addressing deficiencies flagged by the watchdog. Officials from the central bank, tax office and law enforcement agencies will participate in the meeting in which they’ll update the Paris-based body on progress by the South African authorities.Africa’s most industrialised economy was found wanting in all 11 of the FATF’s effectiveness measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The evaluation was carried out in 2019 following an era of endemic graft during Jacob Zuma’s nine-year presidency.

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