South Africa has been ranked as one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to big business bribing foreign governments. This was revealed at the National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF) meeting in Pretoria on Tuesday ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day on Saturday.
Adding to the country's corruption woes is that there are few, if any, mechanisms in place to deal with the tens of thousands of corruption reports received by government and few means to protect whistle-blowers.
The meeting, which was the last NACF meeting for the year, comes as Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi admitted there had been few, if any, investigation means available to deal with thousands of corruption calls received by the national anti-corruption hotline (NACH) each year.
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Since September 2004, the NACH, managed by the Public Service Commission, has received 2 296 calls, but have only been able to deal with 830 of the allegations.
'Haiti is the most corrupt country in the world' The 830 investigations have resulted in the dismissal of 20 officials from the public service and the suspension of 17 employees pending the outcome of the investigations.
The Social Development Department corruption hotline received 40 168 corruption allegations while the South African Revenue Services hotline received 40 715 corruption reports since 2004.
Fraser-Moleketi, who said 2006 had been a positive year fighting corruption, claimed in a statement the Transparency International Bribe Payer's Index 2006 (TIBPI) had ranked South Africa 24th out of 30 countries, "indicating there is a strong possibility South African businesses will bribe foreign officials in other countries".
Haiti is the most corrupt country in the world, according to the 2006 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index.
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