Profile summary
Dean William Macphersonis listed as part of South Africa's national executive in the role of Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. 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
- DA
- 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Cleared, withdrawn, disproven, corrected or dismissed matter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 |
| 2026-02-28 | Serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concern | Partner travel and public-funds concern | News24/City Press reported that Dean Macpherson's partner travelled with him to a BRICS forum in Brazil and that the trip raised questions about state-funded travel with partners. This is recorded as a public-funds and conflict concern, not as a finding of guilt or unlawful conduct. | News24/City Press report on Brazil partner travel | Medium | +10 |
| 2026-03-01 | Cleared or contextualised matter | Government correction and ministerial response | A Government statement recorded Macpherson's response that City Press corrected claims about legal advice and the travel cost, and that confirmed expenditure for the working visit with his partner was R350 000. This contextualises the Brazil-trip matter and is not separately scored. | Government statement on City Press correction | High | 0 |
| 2026-03-03 | Cleared or contextualised matter | Public Protector complaint request by ActionSA | ActionSA said it had requested a Public Protector investigation into Macpherson's Brazil trip with his partner. This is retained as a complaint/request and supporting context, not as proof that the Public Protector made a finding or opened a completed investigation. | ActionSA Public Protector complaint request | Medium | 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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