Engineering News reports that Corruption Watch (CW) has revealed in the sixth edition of its ‘Analysis of Corruption Trends’ (ACT) report that fraud made up the majority of whistle-blower reports in the six months ended 30 June, and that these issues were most prevalent in Gauteng.

According to the nonprofit organisation, about 1,030 whistle-blower reports were received by the relevant SA authorities between January and June, highlighting how public and private sector corruption continued to obstruct basic human rights. CW noted that fraud accounted for 35% of total reports, while abuse of authority – including victimisation of whistle-blowers – and maladministration, made up 17% of the reports, respectively. Bribery and extortion-related reports followed at 16% and procurement irregularities at 15%. The highest number of reports, accounting for two-thirds of all corruption reports received during the period, stemmed from Gauteng (43%), followed by the Western Cape (9%), and KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo (8% each). The report showed that 62% of complaints classified as corruption stemmed from the public sector, while 25% originated from the private sector. The remainder of complaints were classified as “unknown” or “none”. The most common corruption types in the private sector were fraud, at 56%, and maladministration, at 25%, mostly compliance related. On the other hand, corruption trends in the public sector related to abuses of authority, bribery and extortion, and procurement and employment irregularities.

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