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Around a quarter of South Africans feel they should be allowed to be responsible for holding elected representatives and leaders accountable. The majority of South Africans believe that various branches of government should oversee other branches of government's work. īetween 20, former President Jacob Zuma's public approval ratings almost halved, from 64% to 36%, possibly due to corruption scandals over that period. The average percentage of all Africans having paid a bribe to government officials was around 30%. At one stage only 15% of South Africans admit to having paid a bribe. South Africans' experience of first-hand corruption ranks among the least on a first-hand basis in Africa. ![]() 66% of South Africans believed that the government could be doing more to curb corruption, compared to 56% elsewhere on the continent. In 2013, Afrobarometer found a substantial increase in the public's perception of corruption since 2008. 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Ī scandal involving the Gupta family and former South African President Jacob Zuma pushed Zuma out of office as a long list of corruption complaints against the former President resurfaced. In addition, internal sanctions have been employed to discourage whistle-blowers from reporting corrupt activities in both the public and private sectors – according to a 2021 Afrobarometer survey, 76.2% of South Africans believe that ordinary people risk retaliation and other negative consequences if they report incidents of corruption. South Africa has a robust anti-corruption framework, but laws are inadequately enforced and accountability in public sectors such as healthcare remain below par. Corruption was at its highest during the period of state capture under presidency of Jacob Zuma and has remained widespread, negatively "affecting criminal justice, service provision, economic opportunity, social cohesion and political integrity" of South Africa. 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