Mailbox: Is it worth spending taxpayers’ millions to send corrupt politicians to jail?
George Gultig argues that, even if the authorities successfully prosecute the corrupt politicians, we’ll be paying to keep them fed, clothed and watching TV.
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🔒 Covid-19 graft isn’t just a South African game – look at other African countries
Across countries, officials who committed Covid-19 graft have adopted similar methods: awarding contracts to companies owned by relatives or friends.
Rand weakens in response to ANC power struggle
The rand has declined in value in response to a power struggle in the ANC, with President Ramaphosa surviving a leadership challenge.
President Ramaphosa: The view that SA’s public service is bloated is ‘misplaced’
Ramaphosa says Public Service Month should be an opportunity for the men and women tasked with this weighty responsibility to set themselves apart.
🔒 Nailed for Eskom, Transnet deals: Zupta pal Anoj Singh ejected from accounting clan
Following a disciplinary hearing, the SAICA has excluded Anoj Singh as a member, the committee finding him guilty on 12 of the 18 charges against him
Prof Pierre Faure: Maximum gatvolness – can honest, skilled SAs please stick around?
Highly-skilled South Africans are leaving the country in droves. Prof Pierre Faure says we need to tackle corruption so we stop losing tax-paying citizens.
Tim Modise asks law-enforcers: where are we on arresting corruption in South Africa?
In these excerpts from Tim Modise’s Noontime webinar, the focus is on procedural red-tape and how this often makes the legal process ‘excruciatingly slow’.
We’re hard-wired for negative news; let’s not miss rays of hope
The wheels of justice turn very slowly in South Africa, but there are small signs of progress against corruption amid the negative news headlines.
SA cries wolf on fighting corruption
President Ramaphosa promised to take a hands-on approach to fighting corruption linked to Covid-19 funds when he addressed the nation earlier this month.
Yesterday’s tour de force – if you missed it live, catch the recording.
Sometimes an hour feels like forever. At other times it flies past in an instant. Yesterday’s Noontime Thursday webinar fell firmly into the second category.