South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been ranked the 16th most corrupt organisation in the world out of 7,000 that were evaluated by the MyStick Corruption Index.
The organisation uses an in-depth algorithm to assess the corruption level of various organisations using different formulas and variables to calculate a corruption score for each organisation.
Corruption has been endemic in South Africa and the ruling ANC has been accused of not only failing to crack down on it but also many of its officials have been implicated in scandal after scandal.
In 2018 for example, the collapse of the VBS Mutual Bank due to fraud and corruption implicated municipalities, the ANC, and the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
A government contractor known as Bosasa was found to have been giving senior ANC members bribes to secure lucrative government contracts and avoid investigation.
Pierre de Vos writing for the Daily Maverick says; “Corruption has become an essential part of the way politics is conducted within the ANC, which means any credible attempts to address it would require the party to take radical steps to change its culture and the way it operates.”
