THE Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill, approved by the Cabinet and by Parliament, should be signed into law so that banks can scrutinise prominent public figures, including government ministers, to curb corruption, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel. Patel, who was addressing the South African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union national conference on Thursday, is the first Cabinet minister to speak out on the delays in assenting to the law. President Jacob Zuma has not signed the bill into law because of an objection, apparently over its constitutionality, raised by the Progressive Professionals Forum led by Mzwanele Manyi. Patel said that if the political leadership failed to deal with the current"national drift" and with corruption, it would lose the "moral authority" to guide the country through the challenges it faced. He suggested to regain this moral authority, lifestyle audits should be conducted on ministers and public figures to ensure the cars the...
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