I refer to the Bosasa scandal and your columnist Natasha Marrian’s excellent summary of this group’s shenanigans (Bosasa corruption scandal exposes rot in ANC, January 18). The fact that its endemic corruption is only now being properly probed in public is surprising when one considers that certain journalists documented this group’s corruption years ago, yet nothing was done. It speaks volumes about the current ANC leader's sanctimonious assertions that he is “rooting out corruption” when everyone at the department of correctional services in Pretoria knew that Bosasa had a tight grip over virtually every sector of its operations. For 23 years I visited Pretoria Central Prison every week. I’m not sure when it was I noticed the ubiquity of Bosasa’s bakkies and trucks, but they seemed to occupy permanent parking spots. I noticed much superfluous security construction: paling fences where none was necessary, a plethora of internal security gates and other non-essentials. But no-one ev...
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