Anti-Corruption Day | Global calls for greater integrity and accountability

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Published Dec 13, 2025

As the world marked International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, one reality became impossible to ignore, the digital dimension of fraud and corruption in this country has become ever more pronounced, with fraud in the digital realm becoming faster, smarter and far harder to trace.

What used to be brown envelopes and handwritten approvals has now migrated into payment platforms, digital workflows and anonymous crypto channels. Fraudsters no longer need access to filing cabinets; they need access to your digital systems. And increasingly, they are using AI to get it.

This evolution raises urgent questions for a country still battling state capture's long shadow,
Are our institutions prepared for corruption and fraud that no longer leaves a paper trail only a digital footprint?

To help us decode this new frontier of cyber-enabled graft, we are joined by an experts in the field, Dr Nishal Khusial, Head of Digital Forensics and AI at Forvis Mazars South Africa.

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