SD SLOWLY WINNING WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION

MBABANE – The world thinks Swaziland is slowly winning the war against corruption.

The recently released Corruption Perception Index has put under check Swaziland’s effort in combating corruption in the public sector. The Anti Corruption Commission attributes the slight improvements to the arrest of prominent and high ranking individuals who were charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Out of 100, the country scored 39 this year, an improvement from last year’s 37.

However, the victory is small as the country is still behind some other Southern African countries such as Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
The only countries worse than Swaziland within the Southern African region are Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe recorded the lowest ranking in the region at 21, having improved from last year’s 20.

Swaziland’s immediate neighbours South Africa and Mozambique are slightly better. South Africa is at 42, while Mozambique recorded 30.
The countries perceived to be the least corrupt are Denmark and New Zealand, which recorded 91.

The countries perceived to be corrupt the most in the world are Afghanistan, Somalia and North Korea who have ranked at eight sight since last year. Libya, which went through a civil war recently, also went down dramatically from 21 to 15.

The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). No country has a perfect score, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. This indicates a serious, worldwide corruption problem.
Nigeria, which is considered generally corrupt is ranked at 25. It went down from last year’s 27.

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