{"id":47430,"date":"2023-04-21T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/greylisting-south-africa-had-made-significant-progress-mashatile-tells-ncop"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T12:13:03","slug":"greylisting-south-africa-had-made-significant-progress-mashatile-tells-ncop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/greylisting-south-africa-had-made-significant-progress-mashatile-tells-ncop","title":{"rendered":"Greylisting: ‘South Africa had made significant progress,’ Mashatile tells NCOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa has already addressed 52 of the 67 recommended actions that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) prescribed when it greylisted South Africa as a country not fully compliant with anti-money laundering measures.<\/p>\n

However, South Africa is only expected to address the remaining 15 actions by January 2025, Deputy President Paul Mashatile told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), where he was answering questions on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

DA MP Dennis Ryder asked the following question: \u201cWhether, as chairperson of the Cabinet committee on Justice, Crime-Prevention and Security, he will focus on speedy prosecutions of high-profile cases in order to hasten South Africa\u2019s removal from the Financial Action Task Force grey list?\u201d<\/p>\n

FATF, an intergovernmental body that sets global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, greylisted South Africa in February, based on a 2019 assessment and a report compiled in 2021.<\/p>\n

Mashatile said this report identified South Africa \u201cas one of the countries with strategic deficiencies in relation to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism\u201d and prescribed 67 \u201crecommended actions\u201d that South Africa had to address.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the Financial Action Task Force, South Africa has made significant progress by addressing 52 of the 67 recommended actions,\u201d said Mashatile.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we are now, honourable chairperson, focusing on the remaining 15 actions, which we should meet by January 2025. So, that\u2019s the deadline that we have been given to finalise the remaining 15.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mashatile didn\u2019t shed light on what these actions are, and what exactly is still to be done.<\/p>\n

He said the Cabinet had mandated the interdepartmental committee on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing to address the identified deficiencies \u201cexpeditiously\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes overseeing the implementation of the national strategy on anti-money laundering, and countering terror financing and tracking progress in the identified deficiencies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonourable chairperson, our law enforcement agencies, including the NPA [National Prosecuting Authority], are implementing an integrated action plan to ensure a sustained increase in investigations and prosecutions of serious and complex money laundering cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe action plan focuses on cases involving professional money laundering networks and also third-party money laundering as well identifying, investigating and prosecuting terror financing activities in line with South Africa\u2019s risk profile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the Cabinet committee on justice, crime prevention and security (JCPS), which I chair, we will continue to enforce the implementation of the high level goals ensuring that all relevant agencies and departments are addressing these deficiencies as identified by the Financial Action Task Force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to follow-up questions, Mashatile reaffirmed the independence of law enforcement agencies, and said no one would be treated as \u201cspecial\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cour own President\u201d Cyril Ramaphosa has subjected himself to law enforcement agencies\u2019 investigations into Phala Phala.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not interfere. Let\u2019s allow these agencies to do their work. They will do so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must never interfere, especially the executive, in the work of the institutions we have set up.\u201d<\/p>\n

EFF MP Kenny Motsamai asked:<\/p>\n

NCOP chairperson Amos Masondo ordered Motsamai to withdraw his reference to Ramaphosa as a criminal.<\/p>\n

Motsamai refused and was asked to leave the chamber, which he did.<\/p>\n

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