South Africa is rated slightly less corrupt‚ according to the latest corruption index‚ but it could have fared better had it not been for the State of Capture report.
South Africa’s score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index has improved slightly‚ moving one place up on the scoring table from 44 in 2015 to 45 in 2016.
The index ranked 176 countries during 2016 and noted that South Africa’s score shifted three places from 61 to 64‚ which is an improvement. The score refers to the perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of 0-100‚ where 0 is perceived as highly corrupt and a 100 is perceived as very clean.
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Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis‚ however‚ said that while it was good news that the country was improving on the annual corruption ranking‚ it was still ranked amongst other countries deemed to have serious corruption problems.
Lewis said South Africa’s improved position on the corruption index was as a result of the intensity of opposition to public corruption.
“The outrage expressed by civil society organisations‚ ordinary members of the public‚ and the independent media has galvanised a range of other individuals and institutions into action.” he said.
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South Africa comfortably outstripped its Brics partners. Brazil‚ China and India all scored 40 and ranked 79 on the index‚ while Russia lagged far behind at 29‚ ranking 131 out of 176.
Lewis said South Africans should be particularly concerned at Russia’s performance.
“This is the country that is strongly rumoured to be the government’s favoured partner in the proposed nuclear energy deal. Public procurement of this scale with a country as riven by corruption as Russia is guaranteed to import further corruption on a grand scale into this country.”
Six sub-Saharan African countries fared better than South Africa.
Botswana once again topped the African charts‚ followed by Cape Verde‚ Mauritius‚ Rwanda‚ Namibia and São Tomé and Principe. – TMG Digital
SA should be wary of Russia’s spot on international corruption index
South Africa is rated slightly less corrupt‚ according to the latest corruption index‚ but it could have fared better had it not been for the State of Capture report.
South Africa’s score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index has improved slightly‚ moving one place up on the scoring table from 44 in 2015 to 45 in 2016.
The index ranked 176 countries during 2016 and noted that South Africa’s score shifted three places from 61 to 64‚ which is an improvement. The score refers to the perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of 0-100‚ where 0 is perceived as highly corrupt and a 100 is perceived as very clean.
Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis‚ however‚ said that while it was good news that the country was improving on the annual corruption ranking‚ it was still ranked amongst other countries deemed to have serious corruption problems.
Lewis said South Africa’s improved position on the corruption index was as a result of the intensity of opposition to public corruption.
“The outrage expressed by civil society organisations‚ ordinary members of the public‚ and the independent media has galvanised a range of other individuals and institutions into action.” he said.
South Africa comfortably outstripped its Brics partners. Brazil‚ China and India all scored 40 and ranked 79 on the index‚ while Russia lagged far behind at 29‚ ranking 131 out of 176.
Lewis said South Africans should be particularly concerned at Russia’s performance.
“This is the country that is strongly rumoured to be the government’s favoured partner in the proposed nuclear energy deal. Public procurement of this scale with a country as riven by corruption as Russia is guaranteed to import further corruption on a grand scale into this country.”
Six sub-Saharan African countries fared better than South Africa.
Botswana once again topped the African charts‚ followed by Cape Verde‚ Mauritius‚ Rwanda‚ Namibia and São Tomé and Principe. – TMG Digital
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