The fight against crime was more intense in South Africa than it was in many other countries, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.

"Fellow South Africans, I must underline here that of all the countries that I know of, very few compare to South Africa in the effort to fight corruption," Zuma said.

"In other countries nobody talks about [fighting] corruption. We fight corruption here. We are more in the media because we fight corruption. We declared war...read more here: We are corruption busters: Zuma