Anti-Corruption Bill introduced in Parliament
3 November 2024
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has introduced the Constitution Twenty-First Amendment Bill – also known as the “Anti-Corruption Bill” – to Parliament.
As promised in our 2024 Election Manifesto, the Bill seeks to introduce an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as an independent, Chapter 9 institution, focused solely on investigating and prosecuting serious corruption cases.
Currently, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is the only institution with the power to prosecute those accused of serious corruption and high-level organised crime. In practice, however, the NPA lacks the institutional independence or the resources to effectively prosecute these complex crimes.
The DA’s Anti-Corruption Bill seeks to rectify this by creating a fully independent Chapter 9 institution, with its sole mandate being the investigation and prosecution of high-level perpetrators.