President Hage Geingob, at the opening of Cabinet this morning, said any corruption is unacceptable. "Corruption corrodes public trust," he said. Recent reports suggested President Geingob and governing SWAPO party benefitted from the Fishrot corruption scandal where state-owned FISHCOR was used to siphon large amounts of money from for politicians and politically-connected business people. "The case concerned has now reached a sensitive stage as the Prosecutor-General has taken a decision, and the case will soon proceed to trial. I will not seek to jeopardise or influence the administration of justice through public statements induced by the media. "When trial-related rules and ethics allow and at an appropriate time, I will extensively address the unfortunate insinuations, conjecture and mischievous interpretations, to demonstrate their falsity," said President Geingob. He again repeated that he doesn't think that corruption is systemic in Namibia, "but perceptions have been created that Namibia is a corrupt society. "Although corruption is not systemic in Namibia, we recognize that some corrupt officials have tainted the name of our country." The President bemoaned the fact that the Namibian media did not report on the Afrobarometer survey, released in January. It reveals out of 18 African countries surveyed, Namibia and Cabo Verde emerged as the top two countries where citizens don’t have to pay a bribe to access public services.