About 50 dubious non-profit organisations (NPOs) in the country are on the government’s radar for terrorist funding and money laundering. “They are suspected of being used by foreign terrorist-supporting groupings to come here and recruit people, undermining the sovereignty of the country,” the department of social development’s acting director-general Peter Netshipale said. It is part of government’s crackdown, following Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 8 on NPOs. Thabiso Kotane speaks to Department of Social Development Acting Director- General, Peter Netshipale.