to investigate corruption in procurement, the establishment of the Anti-corruption Task Team to coordinate the work of law enforcement agencies and watchdog bodies are among key initiatives government has introduced to tackle corruption. In 2009, the President established the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Corruption to coordinate anti-corruption initiatives. The main thrust of the IMC includes: ensuring coordinated anti-corruption efforts; promoting policy coherence and alignment on cross–cutting anti-corruption programmes of government; reviewing procurement practices and address weaknesses in the criminal justice system so as to ensure that efficient prosecution takes place. Government is developing an Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) which will include information on corruption amongst others. The System will allow for e-filing of a set of anti-corruption measures such as financial disclosures. These will interface with other databases to provide comprehensive information on corruption and allow for tracking of conflict of interests. Government and the Business Sector signed an agreement in March 2009, to implement a business anti-corruption programme. The programme is intended to raise awareness of anti-corruption measures and provide training to the business sector on international anti-corruption instruments. Consequently the first and second annual anticorruption business forums were hosted in October of 2009 and 2010 respectively. The first forum adopted a code of ethics for the business sector. During the second forum, the business sector committed to supporting the government’s Special Anti-corruption Unit. As part of international and continental initiatives, South Africa has assisted the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in hosting the first national anti-corruption forum in December 2009 which resulted in the adoption of the National Anti-corruption Strategy in October 2010. South Africa has also ratified and acceded to various international anticorruption instruments such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Public Officials in International Business Transactions. In this regard, the country went through the second phase of assessment that produced a report which was adopted by the governing structure of the Convention, the OECD Anti-bribery Working Group. The results thereof confirmed that the country is compliant with the Convention. 4.5 Institutionalisation of Democracy Since the submission of the First Report, South Africa has seen significant changes that have demonstrated the strengths of its democracy. These include the fourth national and provincial general elections of April 2009, and the subsequent inauguration of the new administration.All Electoral Observer Missions, including the AU, the EU and SADC Electoral Commissions, declared the elections “free, fair, transparent and credible”. The elections were contested by 26 political parties at national level, and 38 at provincial level. Out of the 26 parties that contested at the national level, 13 are now represented in the National Assembly. Given that not all parties that 26