8. The Public Protector highlighted the following of trends relating to the of complaints of maladministration reported to it: . There is an increase in complaints related to service delivery; corruption (especially procurement, buying of jobs and bribery); protected disclosures; and the Executive Members' Ethics Act. . A systemic investigation shows continuing RDP housing challenges in areas of planning, procurement and allocation of houses. . Other areas where there are large numbers of complaints include police (brutality), health, worker's compensation and local government.