Monday, January 29, 2007

Report attacks SA crime and corruption

African governments have warned South Africa that growing corruption, rampant violent crime and xenophobia are undermining confidence in the continent’s largest economy and threaten the stability of post-apartheid democracy…

The report says that because of “creeping corruption” and conflicts of interest proliferating in public life, South Africans “feel betrayed, regarding corruption as a negation of democratic gains after a long period of struggle”…

The African Union report noted that concerns were raised not only about large-scale graft but also corruption in everyday life, such as the provision of housing. M&G

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