NONPROFIT organisation Corruption Watch (CW) finds 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 June 30, and that these issues were most prevalent in Gauteng.
The organisation says about 1 030 whistle-blower reports were received by the relevant South African authorities between January and June, which highlights how public and private sector corruption continues to obstruct basic human rights.
CW notes 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 reports received during the period, stem from Gauteng (43%), followed by the Western Cape accounting for 9% of all corruption reports, and KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo
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