▁cor ruption ▁in ▁the ▁Ar ms ▁De al , ▁but ▁the ▁charges ▁were ▁subsequently ▁with dra wn ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Pro sec uting ▁Author ity ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁delay ▁in ▁pro sec ution . ▁The ▁AN C ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁critic ised ▁for ▁its ▁subsequent ▁abol ition ▁of ▁the ▁Sc orp ions , ▁the ▁mult id is cipl inary ▁ag ency ▁that ▁investig ated ▁and ▁pro sec uted ▁organ ised ▁crime ▁and ▁cor ruption , ▁and ▁was ▁heavily ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁investigation ▁into ▁Z uma ▁and ▁Sh a ik . ▁Tony ▁Y eng eni , ▁in ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁chief ▁wh ip ▁of ▁the ▁AN C ▁and ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Parliament s ▁defence ▁committee ▁has ▁recently ▁been ▁named ▁as ▁being ▁involved ▁in ▁b rib ing ▁the ▁German ▁company ▁Th y ss en K ru pp ▁over ▁the ▁purchase ▁of ▁four ▁cor v ettes ▁for ▁the ▁S AN DF . ▁ ▁Other ▁recent ▁cor ruption ▁issues ▁include ▁the ▁sexual ▁mis con duct ▁and ▁criminal ▁charges ▁of ▁Beau fort ▁West ▁municipal ▁manager ▁Tr uman ▁Prince , ▁and ▁the ▁O il gate ▁sc andal , ▁in ▁which ▁millions ▁of ▁Rand ▁in ▁funds ▁from ▁a ▁state - owned ▁company ▁were ▁fun nel led ▁into ▁AN C ▁coff ers . ▁ ▁The ▁AN C ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁using ▁government ▁and ▁civil ▁society ▁to ▁fight ▁its ▁political ▁batt les ▁against ▁opposition ▁parties ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Alliance . ▁The ▁result ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁compla ints ▁and ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁none ▁of ▁the