South Africa's score on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has declined, indicating the entrenchment of corruption and the state's poor ability to prosecute perpetrators. The decline is part of a global trend of decreasing justice and the rule of law since 2016.
South Africa ’s steady decline on Transparency International ’s Corruption Perception Index ( CPI ) indicates that corruption has become entrenched, involves many people with political power and that the state’s ability to prosecute perpetrators is dismal.
The report, released on Tuesday, showed the country’s score on the index had deteriorated along with several other countries because of a global decline in justice and the rule of law, from Europe and the Americas to sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, since 2016. “The rise of authoritarianism in some countries contributes to this trend, and even in democratic contexts, the mechanisms that keep governments in check have weakened
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