SA a 'capital of bribery'

22 July 2015 - 02:03
By Shaun Smillie

South Africa is a bribery hot spot - and it shares this distinction with the likes of Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The reason for this, according to experts, is a lack of committed law enforcement.A survey conducted by law firm ENS Africa has found that, of the 88 organisations that took part in the research, one in four had experienced an "incident of bribery" or corruption in Africa in the past two years, a 4% increase compared with 2013 figures.

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