G20 SA 2025: SA calls on future presidencies to keep shining the light on corruption
Executive Summary
The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) held its third and final technical meeting under the South African G20 Presidency in Skukuza, Mpumalanga, co-chaired by South Africa's Special Investigating Unit head and Brazil's Comptroller General secretary. Key discussions outlined 2025 priorities, including strengthening public sector integrity, enhancing asset recovery, promoting inclusive stakeholder participation, and bolstering whistle-blower protections, while linking efforts to UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the AU’s Agenda 2063. The chairs’ statement reaffirmed G20 commitments to anti-corruption measures, a 2025-2027 Action Plan, and international cooperation, urging future presidencies to sustain leadership against corruption's threats to economic growth, public trust, and equity.