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News24 reports that the policing sector accounted for the highest percentage of reported cases of alleged corruption in 2021. This is according to Corruption Watch, which released its annual report on corruption in the country on Thursday.
It showed that 10% of the reports it received on corruption were in the policing sector. "Reports of corruption in the South African Police Service (SAPS) ranged from abuse of authority, such as the use of state resources to exert pressure on or use of violence against civilians to dereliction of duty, where police personnel failed to act upon complaints against their own," the report indicated. Also prominent were bribery and extortion solicited from the public, particularly when people sought the protection of the police or were falsely accused of being in the wrong. The most common forms of corruption in the sector were: abuse of authority at 40%, dereliction of duty at 35%, and bribery or extortion at 26%. Schools came in second and accounted for 5.8% of the total number of reported cases of alleged corruption in 2021. Corruption Watch received 3,248 reports of alleged corruption in 2021, which was a decline of 1,532 when compared to the previous year.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lwandile Bhengu at News24
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