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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has created a task force dedicated to dealing with the recommendations made in the first state capture report.

The word corruption has its roots in the Latin adjective corruptus which refers to something that is spoiled, corrupted or perverted.In South Africa, evidence of the perversion of public funds abounds. In his 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

Zukiswa Kota argues that South is not doing enough to transform the state of 'corruptus in extremis', writing that key regulatory and oversight agencies such as the National Prosecuting Authority are underfunded.

The word corruption has its roots in the Latin adjective corruptus which refers to something that is spoiled, corrupted or perverted. In South Africa, evidence of the perversion of public funds abounds. In his 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement the country’s finance minister Enoch Godongwana warned that rampant corruption was a persistent issue draining public finances.

South Africa isn’t doing enough to tackle corruption. Key regulatory and oversight agencies are underfunded. And accountability is weak.