Johnathan Paoli
Global corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) has released its report for last year and found that SA has slipped two points and scored the lowest rating since it became a part of the survey in 2011.
The organisations released its annual index on Tuesday morning, which measured perceptions of public sector corruption in 180 countries and confirmed that SA has slid down by two points to below the global average.
The institution reported that this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) showed mixed results in Africa, with significant improvements in a few countries, however, most African countries experienced stagnation, maintaining the region’s consistently poor performance, with an unaltered regional average score of 33 out of 100.
Seychelles with a CPI score of 71 remained the top scorer in the region, followed by Cabo Verde (64) and Botswana (59), with Equatorial Guinea (17), South Sudan (13) and Somalia (11) performing
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