New Corruption Watch report names policing sector as corruption ‘hot-spot’
A new report by Corruption Watch has cited the policing sector as one of the country’s corruption “hot-spots”.
The organisation released its 2019 corruption report on Tuesday morning.
Corruption Watch says 12% of the complaints it received emanated from the policing sector.
“In terms of the hot-spots of corruption, the highest number of reports were received in the policing sector, 12%, followed by schools at 10%, mining, traffic and licensing at 9%, and healthcare at 4%,” says Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis.
“These allegations of corruption have primarily featured bribery, procurement corruption and mismanagement of funds. All of which have impacted the delivery of services and denied people of their basic socio-economic rights.”
Lewis points out that corruption in the policing sector was a consistent feature throughout 2019.
He says members of the public have been reporting on the abuse of power from law enforcers, bribery and dereliction of duty.
There is renewed focus on the country’s police since the start of the national lockdown on Friday.
The lockdown, which is being enforced by the police and the South African National Defence Force, has seen numerous complaints of police brutality.
A Vosloorus man was allegedly gunned down by an officer from the Ekurhuleni metro after visiting a tavern on Sunday night.
He was shot several times.
Two out of the four kids who were caught in the crossfire have also been hospitalised.