The organisation published its annual report on corruption on Thursday.
“The past decade reveals a volatile experience for the brave whistleblowers who have not been deterred by intimidation, stringent lockdown conditions, or threats to their livelihoods and sometimes even their lives,” the organisation’s Karam Singh said.
“As recently as 2021, the shocking news of the brutal assassination of Gauteng Health Department whistleblower Babita Deokaran signalled a treacherous environment for whistleblowers.”
Singh, who is the executive director of Corruption Watch, the organisation received 3 248 corruption complaints in 2021.
This is a slight decline from the 4 780 in the previous year.
“Most of these accounts relate to allegations of maladministration (18%), followed by procurement corruption and abuse of authority (16% each).”
“Other reports focus on fraud (14%), misappropriation of resources (12%), and dereliction of duty (8%), all of which featured prominently throughout the Covid-19 period and its various stages of lockdown.”
The increase in complaints over corruption in policing remains a concern.
“Corruption in the policing sector representing 10% of overall corruption reports, followed by corruption in schools at 5.8%, with Covid-19 related corruption at 3.6% of reports,” says Singh.
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