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South Africa made it into the top half of the least corrupt countries in Transparency International’s latest report released on Wednesday.
South Africa ranked 71 out of 180 countries.
The least corrupt country was New Zealand‚ followed by Scandinavian countries Denmark‚ Finland and Norway.
Sub-Saharan African countries dominated the bottom of the list. Somalia‚ at 180‚ was found to be the most corrupt county‚ with South Sudan ranking the second-most corrupt.
South Africa tied with Bulgaria and Asia Pacific island Vanuatu with a score of 43 points. High scores are best‚ with New Zealand getting 89 while Somalia received a lowly mark of nine.
South Africa’s 43-point score in 2017 was a deterioration from 2016’s 45 and 2015’s 44.
Transparency International found the best-performing region to be Western Europe‚ with an average score of 66‚ while the worst-performing regions were sub-Saharan Africa with an average score of 32‚ followed by Eastern Europe and Central Asia‚ which averaged 34.
"Despite being the worst-performing region as a whole‚ Africa has several countries that consistently push back against corruption‚ and with notable progress‚" the anticorruption organisation said on its website.
"In fact‚ some African countries score better than some countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Specifically‚ Botswana‚ Seychelles‚ Cabo Verde‚ Rwanda and Namibia all score better on the index compared to some OECD countries such as Italy‚ Greece and Hungary. In addition‚ Botswana and Seychelles‚ which score 61 and 60 respectively‚ do better than Spain at 57."
- BusinessLIVE
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-02-23-sa-ranks-71-out-of-180-countries-on-corruption/
I think it is because we are led by unethical leaders who think about themselves only. Nepotism and lack of accountability is what they know. Since the cabinet is reshuffled and new leaders are chosen lets hope for the better.
Yah.Lets hope our country will be a better country one day.
ReplyDeleteThe world is being taken over by greedy leaders and its bad for the economy because we have qualified people who are looking for jobs but because of nepotism they cant find them
ReplyDeleteCorruption seems to be what most politicians think of when they get top positions. They use top positions for their own gains forgetting about our countries.
ReplyDeleteCorruption in South Africa have become so normal in a way that when someone is part of corruption enjoys it more than doing the right thing. Until we elect the right leaders who are not for their own benefits but to serve the members of this country crime will never end...
ReplyDeleteLet's hope now that the cabinet is reshuffled this people we lead us with honesty
DeleteThis won't last forever we as black youth we have to embrace ourselves the future belongs to us after all '' IZWELETHU ''
ReplyDeleteYeah IZWELETHU💪
Delete"Corrupt" is the governments code of honour. It stresses me out how filthy thia country is.
ReplyDeleteHopefully we will bring change when we take over.
ReplyDeleteCorruption starts with the person itself, it's not only on money side but in various fields such as corruption in thinking, professional, administractive and so on...The new leaders should work on every field and the major source of transformation is "education".Achild should be educated with ethical and moral values,also strict punishment from the government should set an example.
ReplyDeleteEverything youth is concerned about this issue but once they are given an opportunity to do the right things they also become their own greatest enemy,,,that's why this problem is simultaneous
ReplyDeleteWe look forward to a better country one day...hopefully corruption will stop but I doubt since we're still living in this country...nah
ReplyDeleteIt seems like people can not do anything without corruption in this country
ReplyDeleteIt seems like people can not do anything without corruption in this country
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I'll make sense but South Africa and Animal Farm are in the same whatsapp group. Finish!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you.. people are given higher position but they act all greedy
DeleteIn this country people just can`t get enough.
ReplyDeleteAs much as i know that South Africa is not that corrupt, i know that poor people are being played by politicians
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