Profile summary
Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimandeis listed as part of South Africa's national executive in the role of Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. This profile is prepared for the Integrity Index evidence-review workflow. The score below is calculated only from source-linked evidence items recorded after the current source-category review.
Integrity Risk Score
15
Risk level: Low. Evidence items recorded in current evidence table.
Profile status
- Party
- ANC
- Inclusion source
- Parliament Ministers page
- Conviction status
- No record in current evidence table
- Criminal charge status
- No record in current evidence table
- Official investigation status
- No record in current evidence table
- Ethics finding status
- No record in current evidence table
- Credible media allegation status
- Recorded
- Conflict or procurement concern
- No record in current evidence table
- Cleared or dismissed matters
- No record in current evidence table
- Date last reviewed
- 25 June 2026
Scoring breakdown
Criminal conviction
Automatic 100
No record in current evidence table
Formal criminal charges currently pending
+50
No record in current evidence table
Named adversely in official finding or official report
+35
No record in current evidence table
Official investigation
+25
No record in current evidence table
Parliamentary ethics or conflict-of-interest matter
+20
No record in current evidence table
Repeated credible media allegations
+10 to +15
Recorded
Serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concern
+10
No record in current evidence table
Cleared, withdrawn, disproven, corrected or dismissed matter
Context only / 0
No record in current evidence table
Evidence table
| Date | Category | Status | Summary | Source | Confidence | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2026 | Inclusion source | Verified for listing | Listed as an executive officeholder for the purpose of building the Executive page. | Parliament Ministers page | High | 0 |
| 2024-01-08 | Credible allegation | OUTA/NSFAS allegation and ministerial response | A government-published statement records Minister Blade Nzimande's response to allegations contained in an OUTA report about NSFAS. This is recorded as an allegation and response, not as a proven finding. | Government statement on OUTA allegations | Medium | +15 |
Methodology note
Integrity Index uses a risk-score model where higher scores indicate higher publicly documented integrity risk. Scores are calculated from structured evidence categories, including convictions, formal charges, official findings, official investigations, ethics matters, credible allegations, serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concerns, and contextual cleared or dismissed matters. Cleared or contextualised matters do not create negative points. No score is published until the relevant evidence item is linked to a verifiable public source and reviewed.
Correction and right of reply
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