Editing History of South Africa (section)

===Corruption===
{{Main|Corruption in South Africa}}
During the administration of President [[Jacob Zuma]] corruption in South Africa had also become a growing problem.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-university/news-and-events/images/documents/Betrayal-of-the-Promise-25052017.pdf|title=BETRAYAL OF THE PROMISE: HOW SOUTH AFRICA IS BEING STOLEN|last=Swilling|first=Mark|date=May 2017|website=State Capacity Research Project}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Coovadia|first=Imraan|date=2019-05-04|title=Corruption|journal=Social Dynamics|volume=45|issue=2|pages=213–217|doi=10.1080/02533952.2019.1621027|s2cid=219697148|issn=0253-3952}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwmp.org.za/images/2019/Political-Economy-of-Corruption-inSA.pdf|title=The political economy of corruption: elite-formation, factions and violence|last=von Holdt|first=Karl|date=February 2019|website=Society, Work, and Politics Institute}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Notable corruption related scandals during this period included incidents of widespread [[state capture]]<ref name="Gevisser">{{Cite news|last=Gevisser|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jul/11/state-capture-corruption-investigation-that-has-shaken-south-africa|title='State capture': the corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa|date=2019-07-11|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> often involving allegations against the [[Gupta family]].<ref name="bbcGupta">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22513410|title=Who are the Guptas?|date=14 May 2013|publisher=[[BBC News|BBC]]|access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref> These also involved corruption related financial difficulties at some state owned enterprises such as [[Eskom]] and [[South African Airways]] that had a notable negative economic impact on the country's finances.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wexler|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-africas-scandal-hit-state-firms-put-economy-on-cliffs-edge-11577790000|title=South Africa's Scandal-Hit State Firms Put Economy on 'Cliff's Edge'|date=2019-12-31|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2020-02-14|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Other corruption related scandals to emerge during this period included the collapse of [[VBS Mutual Bank]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Masondo|first=Sipho|url=https://www.fin24.com/Companies/Financial-Services/what-happened-at-vbs-bank-20180701-2|title=What happened at VBS Bank?|date=1 July 2018|work=Fin24|access-date=2018-11-30|archive-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908214740/https://www.fin24.com/Companies/Financial-Services/what-happened-at-vbs-bank-20180701-2}}</ref> and [[Bosasa]].<ref name="Gevisser"/> The [[The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture|Zondo Commission of Inquiry]] was appointed during the Presidency of [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] to investigate allegations of state capture related corruption.