President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed judges to the special tribunal, which has a statutory mandate to recover public funds siphoned from the fiscus through corruption, fraud and illicit money flows, following its effective collapse. The Special Tribunal is one of the most effective weapons in the government’s anti-corruption arsenal, and its collapse has been a major setback for the SIU, as it has been unable to take new matters to the Tribunal. Bongi Gwala spoke to Mbekezeli Benjamin, law researcher and advocacy officer from Judges Matter.