《刑法典》第 386 条（关于不诚实挪用财产）、第 388 条和第 389 条（均关于违反信托的刑事犯罪）将包括公职人员在内任何人转移财产的行为定为刑事犯罪。 1982 年第 12 号《公共财产刑事犯罪法》第 392 条（关于公务员或银行家、商人或代理人违反信托的刑事犯罪）和第 5(1)条规定对公职人员贪污公共财产的行为加倍处罚。判例法在起诉公共和私营部门贪污行为方面也适用类似原则。
Sections 386 (Dishonest misappropriation of property), 388 and 389 of the Penal Code (both on criminal breach of trust) criminalize the diversion of property by any person, including public officials. Section 392 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent) and section 5(1) of the Offences against Public Property Act No. 12 of 1982 provide for the aggravated punishment of embezzlement by public officials or against public property. Case law applies similar principles to the prosecution of embezzlement in the public and the private sectors.