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SowetanLive reports that according to Corruption Watch (CW), police corruption topped the list of complaints received from the public and private institutions in the first half of this year.
CW released its analysis of corruption trends on Thursday. According to the report, the most complaints it received were against the policing sector (12% of complaints), while 8% of complaints were attributed to procurement and maladministration related to the novel coronavirus pandemic, including mismanagement of funds such as the temporary employment relief scheme intended to provide support. “Police corruption continued to dominate, topping the reports at 12%. Since 2019, Corruption Watch reports have highlighted what appears to be an unabated corruption problem in the policing sector, worsened by the powers invested in the police while lockdown regulations are in force,” the report indicated. Complaints ranged from extortion and abuse of authority by the police, school principals extorting sexual favours from temporary teachers to safeguard their jobs, and Covid-19 related graft, highlighting the collusion between the public and private sectors. Melusi Ncala, researcher at the organisation commented: “When reading the individual accounts of corruption in this report, it is quite evident that the more things change the more they stay the same. Communities are vulnerable because police officers care more about securing dodgy deals with criminal networks. Learners in schools and patients in health facilities are at the mercy of self-serving and abusive officials.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tankiso Makhetha at SowetanLive
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