LETTER: Corruption must be addressed or SA risks becoming a failed state
SA needs a debate about how to build a professional public service and eliminate the influence of politics and politicians in state administration
15 December 2020 - 15:04
For more than two decades SA has been subjected to incompetence, corruption and unaccountability in local, provincial and national government, as well as key state-owned entities (SOEs) such as Eskom and Prasa.
It is common cause that most cadre appointees have not been able to offer much more than political loyalty, and the general incompetence that pervades these institutions has all but paralysed public administration...
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