The local government officials' understanding of corruption in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality
Date
2015-05-28
Authors
Sekoto, Mohau Relebogile Miracle
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Post-apartheid South Africa has faced numerous new challenges. Amongst these
challenges is public sector corruption, which is pervasive and of major concern in the
local sphere of government. The purpose of this study was to explore what the
understanding of corruption is among local government officials in the Dr Kenneth
Kaunda District Municipality. An investigation through interviews was conducted to
gather the understanding of corruption by the officials. One of the major findings of
the research was that corruption was generally comprehended as non-adherence
and non-compliance to the set standards, procedures, policies and Acts passed to
govern local government from National Government. Furthermore, local government
officials were aware of anti-corruption policies but opted for non-compliance and
non-adherence. It was also established that small salaries, social class competition
and greed were amongst the motivating factors to corruption and that the main
barrier to reporting corruption was fear of victimization at the workplace.
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Political corruption ;Local government -- Corrupt practices -- South Africa.