It is with great joy to learn that SA as a country is escalating the fight against corruption and is taking it very seriously. Clearly we are in a new dawn and it is not business as usual for corrupt people who think they own the coffers of the state and can do whatever they want with taxpayers’ money. On Friday, we learnt of the arrest of the former acting commissioner of police, Khomotso Phahlane. This must be welcomed as a sign that, indeed, no one is above the law. When a police commissioner is alleged to have committed tender fraud, then this raises a question as to whether we are really serious about fighting corruption. Phahlane should have known better; he should have declined the job because he knew that sooner or later he will be tempted to stick his hand in the cookie jar. There are many capable candidates who would have loved to do that honorable job. We must assist the government under President Cyril Ramaphosa in the fight against corruption. On this one, he is not jus...
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