ANC must shape up or get left behind, says business pioneer Nonkululeko Gobodo
‘What was also shocking was the mention of big‚ well-respected companies. We focus on government corruption but we forget there’s somebody on the other side’
Winds of change are sweeping SA and the ANC-led government will get left behind if it does not shape up‚ says business pioneer Nonkululeko Gobodo. Gobodo is an award-winning business leader who became the first black woman in SA to qualify as a chartered accountant. She built her business on government contracts‚ eventually running one of the top black-owned auditing firms in the country as chairperson of the merged SizweNtsalubaGobodo. Speaking in an interview, she said recent allegations of state capture were shocking‚ even to those who were aware of mismanagement within government. "We knew about what was going on with corruption‚ but I don’t think we understood the depth of it and how widespread it is and how it has infiltrated every fibre in the country‚" she said in an interview. "What was also shocking for me was the mention of big‚ well-respected companies. We always focus on government corruption but we forget that there’s somebody else on the other side." She said doing bu...
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