South Africa drowning in graft

Corruption is flourishing thanks to "the tone at the top", says a forensic lawyer who blew the whistle yesterday on South Africa's deteriorating public and corporate morality. "The tone at the top is my biggest concern," Steven Powell told The Times. The worsening of corruption was particularly evident in:The issuing of permits by the Department of Home Affairs;The insertion by state departments of middle men, who did nothing other than take a slice of the money, as a condition of the awarding ...