Apartheid Grand Corruption Report

The Apartheid Grand Corruption Report by Hennie van Vuuren documents corruption during the apartheid era, specifically between 1976 and 1994, and examines how the criminalisation of the apartheid state created a legacy that influenced the subsequent democratic order.

• The report documents corruption during the apartheid era, with a specific focus on the period from 1976 to 1994. It utilizes documented evidence and testimonies to highlight known cases, while also identifying questions regarding corruption that were not fully explored by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) or the democratically elected government.
• The author argues that the apartheid state became criminalised from a governance perspective and that this corrupt system persisted beyond 1994, inevitably corrupting the new order.
• The report notes a significant lack of existing knowledge regarding governance failures during apartheid and questions why there have been no successful dedicated prosecutions of corruption crimes involving the apartheid-era elite, suggesting possible reasons such as lack of evidence, lack of capacity, or the 'sunset clause' political agreement.

APA

van Vuuren, H. (n.d.). Apartheid Grand Corruption Report. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/research/other-research/apartheid-grand-corruption-report-hennie-van-vuuren

Chicago

van Vuuren, Hennie. Apartheid Grand Corruption Report. Institute for Security Studies, n.d. https://issafrica.org/research/other-research/apartheid-grand-corruption-report-hennie-van-vuuren.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{vanvuurenndapartheid, author = {van Vuuren, Hennie}, title = {{Apartheid Grand Corruption Report}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.org/research/other-research/apartheid-grand-corruption-report-hennie-van-vuuren}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }