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Strengthening governance to counter corruption: briefing paper

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The paper begins by detailing a nuanced understanding of corruption and local government's vulnerability to corruption. This is followed by a detailed description of the existing anti-corruption laws, regulations and structures and their relevance to the metros. The next section analyses the prevalence of corruption in the eight metros as recorded by several data sources. Strategies and tools that have been employed so far are presented thereafter, with reference to international and local good practice categorised into 5 typologies. Together with other emerging issues and concerns expressed by metro officials during preliminary interviews, the paper concludes with a set of in-principle foci and proposed entry points for the implementation phase.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32385732

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Corruption and Economic Development

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162201210

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