*Access any database held by municipalities and other public entities to cross-reference your lifestyle with your records.

*Share your personal information more broadly across government departments, including the Border Management Authority and the Public Procurement Office.

This moves the state from a reactive role—investigating specific crimes—to a proactive surveillance role, where your lifestyle itself can trigger a probe.

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What is changing?

The Bill formally introduces the concept of a "lifestyle audit" into our law. This is defined as an investigation to determine if your living standards are consistent with your legitimate, declared income.

Under this new law, the FIC will have the power to:

*Conduct lifestyle audits on individuals at the request of any organ of state, public entity, or municipality. .../4

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National Treasury has published the Draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2025 for public comment. While the government frames this as a necessary step to stay off the global "grey list," the Bill contains provisions that grant the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) unprecedented powers to monitor the lives of private citizens. .../3

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