A state-capture TRC would not punish the truth tellers
Many are in a moral grey zone because of poor decisions or the impression of poor judgment
How we deal with state capture in the next couple of months and years will determine SA's future probably more than anything else. It will be a defining time for the governing ANC, and for all of us, on how we are doing as a democratic SA. So far little progress has been made. I am not referring to how we deal with the Guptas, the Zumas and other networks and families that have masterminded state capture and large-scale corruption. Of course, they need to be brought to book and justice needs to be served. Our justice system is well geared to deal with those masterminds of state capture. However, it is ill-equipped to deal with the vast number of others who have become embroiled in state capture in one way or another. As former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene’s testimony at the state capture inquiry and his subsequent press release have shown, many of us have landed in a grey zone, where either poor decisions were made, or possibly just the impression of poor judgment was created. So ...
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