Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on Tuesday said corruption was like a cancer that should be cut out.
She was addressing an international conference at Stellenbosch University's Institute for Advanced Studies on anti-corruption strategies.
The public protector believes South Africa is at a tipping point when it comes to corruption.
“I do believe we are at a point where we have to take decisive action.”
Madonsela said public accountability must be strengthened.
She said transparency was key in fighting the scourge.
Madonsela said no one should be above the law.
Meanwhile, South Africa has been fighting corruption for several years.
In September, President Jacob Zuma asked the Justice Ministry to set up a commission of inquiry into what is arguably the country’s biggest corruption scandal, the arms deal.
The hearing will probe allegations of corruption involving arms suppliers who sold fighter and trainer jets, planes, helicopters, ships and submarines to South Africa.
At the same time, the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and opposition parties have called on the government to intensify its fight against corruption.
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