Profile summary
Kgwaridi Buti Manamela is listed as part of South Africa's national executive in the role of Minister of Higher Education. 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
10
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
- No record in current evidence table
- Conflict or procurement concern
- Recorded
- Cleared or dismissed matters
- Recorded
- 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
No record in current evidence table
Serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concern
+10
Recorded
Cleared, withdrawn, disproven, corrected or dismissed matter
Context only / 0
Recorded
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 |
| 2025-08-26 | Serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concern | Controversial SETA administrator appointments referred for review | Daily Maverick reported that Buti Manamela asked the Public Service Commission to investigate controversial SETA administrator appointments after political criticism and corruption-related allegations around some appointees. This is recorded as a governance and appointment-integrity concern, not as a finding of wrongdoing against Manamela. | Daily Maverick report on SETA appointment review | Medium | +10 |
| 2025-08-22 | Cleared or contextualised matter | Departmental response and PSC vetting referral | The Department of Higher Education and Training said due process and due diligence preceded the appointments and that Manamela asked the Public Service Commission to conduct fit-and-proper assessments and conflict-of-interest vetting. This is retained as official context for the same appointment matter and is not separately scored. | Government statement on SETA appointment process and PSC referral | High | 0 |
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.
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