BONANG MOHALE: Trust in SA can begin with sending state-capture miscreants to prison
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“True leadership demands complete subjugation of self, absolute honesty, integrity and uprightness of character and fearlessness and above all, a consuming love of one’s people,” said Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe in a speech of the Completats’ Social, at Fort Hare University in 1948.
There are at least two laws that are explicit: if you are a government employee, it is illegal to do business with the state. Public service and administration minister Senzo Mchunu reiterated this in the notice to provinces and municipalities on the June 30, saying it is a contravention of section 8 of the Provincial Administration Management Act to do business with the state when you are a public servant.
The Financial Intelligence Centre Act calls for extreme due diligence to be applied to politically exposed persons and their first-degree relatives. What makes the current spate of corruption even more revolting is that upon the announcement of the R500bn social and economic stimulus package, South Africans strongly warned the government that most of this yet-to-be-borrowed money would — not might — be stolen.
Business has been quite firm that prevention is much better than cure when it comes to looting. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has been advocating for a social contract by and with the people. Such a social contract must be mounted on the principles of integrity and ethical conduct. The Council for the Advancement of the SA constitution has for some time called for the establishment of a dedicated independent anti-corruption entity with teeth. The Foundation for Human Rights has called for accountability and visible consequences for corrupt acts, for without that we have unbridled impunity. In April the SA Council of Churches warned about this and called for specific Covid-19 corruption-busting measures.
In May the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and several civil society organisations made practical recommendations to monitor how the R500bn was going to be spent by government. These included transparency and the effective use of the online portal of the e-tender system and involvement of trustworthy people outside government to help monitor the use of funds and resources. After the passing of Rivonia trialist Andrew Mlangeni, the Tutu Legacy Foundation highlighted that he “continued to speak out against corruption, for morality and fairness within his beloved ANC and in government”.
This in the wake of the closest working relationship among all the social partners as a show of force in the wake of the ...
There are at least two laws that are explicit: if you are a government employee, it is illegal to do business with the state. Public service and administration minister Senzo Mchunu reiterated this in the notice to provinces and municipalities on the June 30, saying it is a contravention of section 8 of the Provincial Administration Management Act to do business with the state when you are a public servant.
The Financial Intelligence Centre Act calls for extreme due diligence to be applied to politically exposed persons and their first-degree relatives. What makes the current spate of corruption even more revolting is that upon the announcement of the R500bn social and economic stimulus package, South Africans strongly warned the government that most of this yet-to-be-borrowed money would — not might — be stolen.
Business has been quite firm that prevention is much better than cure when it comes to looting. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has been advocating for a social contract by and with the people. Such a social contract must be mounted on the principles of integrity and ethical conduct. The Council for the Advancement of the SA constitution has for some time called for the establishment of a dedicated independent anti-corruption entity with teeth. The Foundation for Human Rights has called for accountability and visible consequences for corrupt acts, for without that we have unbridled impunity. In April the SA Council of Churches warned about this and called for specific Covid-19 corruption-busting measures.
In May the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and several civil society organisations made practical recommendations to monitor how the R500bn was going to be spent by government. These included transparency and the effective use of the online portal of the e-tender system and involvement of trustworthy people outside government to help monitor the use of funds and resources. After the passing of Rivonia trialist Andrew Mlangeni, the Tutu Legacy Foundation highlighted that he “continued to speak out against corruption, for morality and fairness within his beloved ANC and in government”.
This in the wake of the closest working relationship among all the social partners as a show of force in the wake of the ...
