Profile summary
Nozuko Best is listed as mayor or executive mayor of Merafong City in Gauteng. 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
- Merafong City
- Province
- Gauteng
- 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 |
| 2026-01-20 | Serious conflict-of-interest or procurement concern | Municipal-vehicle misuse investigation requested | The DA in Merafong called for an investigation into alleged misuse of a municipal vehicle by Mayor Nozuko Best after an accident reportedly linked to travel from an ANC event. This is scored cautiously as a public-resources misuse allegation, not as an official finding. | DA Gauteng statement on Merafong vehicle-misuse allegation | Medium | +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.