Controlling Corruption in Africa: a Public Choice Perspective

Hijacking Subaltern’s history (broken bodies, broken voices): Decolonial critique of ‘Subaltern whiteness’ in South Africa

“…Since the arrival of the Dutch, the northern frontier of the Cape colony was in a state of continuous warfare, the Khoikhoi and the San suffered grievously. Scholars of history believe that the KhoikhoiDutch war was a result of land seized from the Khoikhoi and later the San, to increase Dutch grazing pastures (Adhikari 2010;1 Katzen 1969;Mbaku 1997;Worden 2016). The Afrikaner farmer (Boers) hunters systematically exterminated the San, their ancestral lands expropriated, and the few survivors were enslaved (Adhikari 2010;Katzen 1969;Worden 2016).…”

“…While it is true that Afrikaner whiteness has emerged out of complex history, from the beginning there was no homogeneous Afrikaner identity. Some Afrikaners were powerful in the Cape colony and even fought against fellow Afrikaners along with the British troops in the Second Anglo-Boer War (Adhikari 2010;Giliomee 2003;Katzen 1969;Mbaku 1997;Worden 2016). This has left unresolved generational bitterness and anger among many Afrikaners and remains one of the most terrible and destructive warfare in South Africa's history.…”

An informetric analysis of the corruption literature based on Africa between 1990 and 200 I

“…According to Thompson (2000), the code of Hamurabi, created over 4 000 years ago, and the Egyptian law against corrupt practices, are perhaps the earliest anti-corruption measures in evidence. Africa is historically viewed to have been corruption clean until its occupation by foreign invaders, crusaders, settlers and colonialists (Collier, 2000;Mbaku, 1997;and Williams, 1987). Williams (1987:47) asserts that: 'if corruption involves, in part, bribery and buying the co-operation of those in authority, it was employed from the earliest days of colonial expansion to secure the collaboration of traditional rulers'.…”

“…Williams (1987:47) asserts that: 'if corruption involves, in part, bribery and buying the co-operation of those in authority, it was employed from the earliest days of colonial expansion to secure the collaboration of traditional rulers'. Similarly, Mbaku (1997) observes that modern corrupt practices were caused by a lack of systematic and proper transition to postcolonial democracies because of lack of time.…”

Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a more holistic approach

“…The review of salaries is particularly urgent for those departments connected to the administration of the criminal justice system, that is the police, the courts and prisons. These are pertinent to the success of legal strategies for the control of corruption (Mbaku, 2000). For instance, judges and their functionaries are likely to accept bribes if they are underpaid.…”