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The purpose of the PCCA is to prevent and combat corruption, theft, fraud, extortion, forgery etc. Corruption is defined under PCCA as a situation where person A gives (or offers to give) someone in a position of power, person B, something to use their power, illegally and unfairly, for the advantage of A (or someone not directly involved).
The PCCA has created a positive obligation on employers to report any criminal conduct as defined by PCCA which involves an amount from R100,000 or more, which occurs in their workplace and that falls within the parameters of PCCA.
This obligation to report is regulated by s34(2) of PCCA which includes all employers that fall within the public and private sector. The categories of such employers are the following:
Employers who fall within any of the these categories who know or reasonably ought to have known that an employee has committed an act which is deemed an offence under PCCA, which involves an amount of R100,000 or more, are to report the act to a police official in the office of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in terms of s34(1) of the Act.
Such a report will entail the employer:
which contains critical information such as the employee's identity, contact details, position of authority, and the allegations pertaining to the offence as well as details of person involved in the alleged commission of the offence.
An employer who fails to report an offence under s34(1) is deemed to have committed an offence, which may result in imprisonment of up to ten years or a fine.
Therefore all directors, managers, supervisors and the like who operate in either the public or private sector are to ensure that disciplinary offences categorised as an offence under PCCA (and which is above the monetary threshold) are reported in terms of the PCCA. A failure to report may result in detrimental consequences for the employer.