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South Africa has backslid to its 2012 position on Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), ranking 70th out of 180 countries with a score of 43/100. Despite a few years of improvement, the country has consistently maintained a low score, indicative of widespread corruption in the public sector.

However, corruption in South Africa is not a post-apartheid phenomenon. Hennie van Vuuren’s Apartheid, Guns and Money details how corruption manifested during the rule of the apartheid regime, with economic crimes having been committed through apartheid-era functionaries colluding with “reputable” companies in “reputable” states.

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Corruption in South Africa has become a disease that has metastasised throughout the public sector. The once-promising vision of a prosperous nation has left countless millions disillusioned, viewing that promise as a façade.

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