DIS face-to-face with corruption

FRANCISTOWN: Revelations made by the director general of DIS, Brigadier Peter Magosi recently, when addressing a press conference, might see Botswana’s Corruption Perception Index altered for the worst. The Corruption Perception Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.

According to the Corruption Perceptions Index, Botswana ranks 34 least corrupt nation out of about 175 countries, according to the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption rank in Botswana averaged 31 from 1998 until 2018, reaching an all-time high of 38 in 2007 and a record low of 23 in 1998.