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‘Sound the alarm’ report - Corruption Watch on education corruption

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Corruption Watch is raising the alarm about corruption in South Africa’s education sector, bringing together statistics collated from over 3,600 reports to the NGO over the last decade. Senior researcher Melusi Ncala - who wrote the report - spoke to Michael Appel about the overall picture that emerges from their work. The most pervasive forms of corruption are broken down into misappropriation of resources (43%), maladministration (17.1%), abuse of authority (14.2%), procurement irregularities (12.3%), and employment irregularities (12.1%). Gauteng is the country’s education corruption hotspot, followed by KZN and the Eastern Cape. Ncala says authorities - including law enforcement - continue to pay lip service to the issue of graft in this country. To read the full report click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Aug 2022 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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