Pity the poor state looters who settle for chump change
Tony Yengeni served a small amount of jail term for getting a car; the State Security Agency is out R9bn, and nobody’s even been scolded
03 February 2021 - 16:40
With all the news of corruption and payments of large amounts from the State Security Agency (SSA), former ANC parliamentary whip and defence committee chair Tony Yengeni stands out as a lonely figure.
Yengeni was convicted of fraud for not declaring a discount of 47% on a luxury Mercedes-Benz 4x4 in 1998, arranged for him by a bidder in SA’s arms contract. Yengeni actually spent four months of his four-year sentence in jail in 2006 and 2007...
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