The institution of traditional leadership continues to play a critical role in the South African constitutional democracy as it provides a platform for meaningful participation by rural communities. Among the important developments during the reporting period, one can cite the following:  The recognition of indigenous community of the Khoi-San and their Institutions: The National Traditional Affairs Bill of 2011 recognised Khoi-San community leadership positions and provides for the functions of Khoi-San leaders and their institutions. It seeks to establish a national framework, norms and standards to define the role of Khoi-San leadership within the new system of democratic governance. The KhoiSan National Council in collaboration with the CONTRALESA, the organisation of traditional leadership, played a major role in lobbying for this policy alignment.  The Seriti Commission Report on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers confirmed that Traditional Leaders are public office bearers and that they should be allocated tools of trade which will resource their institutions to work better. In compliance with this report, the Department of Traditional Affairs, House of Traditional Leaders and CONTRALESA established a task team to draft a workbook on tools of trade for all traditional institutions. On the 25 July 2012, the commission report announced a salary scale for traditional leaders across the country, for Kings, Queens, amaKhosi, and iziNduna. The recommendations of the Commission are currently being implemented.  Extension of the mandate for traditional institutions by the DoJC is contained in the provisions of the Traditional Courts Bill of 2012. The Bill recommends that traditional courts be integrated into traditional councils to adjudicate over disputes in local communities. It also provides that Traditional Councils should lead reform in the development of customary law in furtherance of the main objective to affirm the recognition of the traditional justice system and its values, based on restorative justice and reconciliation and to align the structuring and functioning of traditional courts with constitutional imperatives. As alluded to in section 3.1.2 above, when the NCOP was conducting public hearing the Bill was challenged by a number of NGO’s, demanding its withdrawal, while the National House of Traditional Leaders was giving full support to the Bill. There is now already some activity intended to test the value of certain provisions of the Bill. The Department of Correctional Services, for instance, has initiated a programme in line with the provision of this Bill, called Victim Offenders Dialogues in which traditional leaders play a major part in providing a structure for community reconciliation. 3.1.7 Intensifying the fight against corruption/ tackling corruption South Africa, in its NDP or the Vision 2030, indicates that there is a high level of corruption in the country which could undermine the rule of law and socio-economic transformation. However, there is a need to probe deeper into facts and perceptions in this area in order to strengthen civil society and government interventions. Government has crafted several pieces of legislations intended to ensure integrity of the public sector. The integrity and anticorruption regulatory framework is found in several pieces of legislation such as the PFMA, PAIA, the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Act (PCCA), the Protected Disclosures 46