LETTER: What the Sona didn’t address: corruption
A statutory, anti-corruption body of the kind envisaged by the president cannot enjoy the legally required security of tenure of office
12 February 2021 - 15:16
While President Cyril Ramaphosa is to be congratulated on the breadth and scope of his state of the nation address (Sona), and for concentrating on the burning issues of the day, he has unfortunately stumbled at the fence marked “corruption” with these exact words:
“We will shortly be appointing the members of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council, which is a multi-sectoral body that will oversee the initial implementation of the strategy and the establishment of an independent statutory anti-corruption body that reports to parliament.”..
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