Profile summary
Merriam Malatji is listed as mayor or executive mayor of Ba-Phalaborwa in Limpopo. 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
Status: Low. Evidence items recorded in current evidence table.
Profile status
- Party
- ANC
- Municipality
- Ba-Phalaborwa
- Province
- Limpopo
- Municipality type
- Municipality
- Inclusion source
- OpenSanctions / Municipal Money
- 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
- Date last reviewed
- 26 June 2026
Evidence table
| Date | Category | Status | Summary | Source | Confidence | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2026 | Inclusion source | Verified for listing | Listed as mayor or executive mayor in the South Africa Municipal Leadership dataset. | OpenSanctions Municipal Leadership dataset | Medium | 0 |
| 2020-01-27 | Serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concern | Tender-rigging probe requested | The DA in Limpopo said it had pressed for a probe into possible tender-rigging at Ba-Phalaborwa and alleged that mayor Merriam Malatji had prior knowledge of information pointing to serious financial misconduct. This is recorded cautiously as a public procurement concern from a political source, not as an official finding against Malatji. | DA Limpopo statement on Ba-Phalaborwa tender-rigging probe request | Low | +10 |
Methodology note
Integrity Index uses a risk-score model where higher scores indicate higher publicly documented integrity risk. For the Mayors page, the first publication establishes the full mayoral roster and profile framework. Evidence scores are only added when a source-linked item has been reviewed against the published Scoring Criteria and Scoring Sources pages.