SA's anti-corruption stagnation - 'fixing the plane while needing to fly it'

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In 2012, South Africa was ranked 69 out of 176 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. Karam Singh, Executive Director of Corruption Watch, says almost a decade later and the country has dropped one place in rank to 70 out of the now 180 countries. South Africa is emerging from the so-called state capture years under former President Jacob Zuma, to the "new dawn" of Cyril Ramaphosa. A dawn that has delivered change at a tectonically slow pace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 Jan 2022 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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