THE ANC says that political leaders and public servants should be subject to ad-hoc "life-style audits" should it be thought that their earnings do not match their lifestyle.It also says, following the conclusion of its weekend national executive committee meeting that there is little room to manoeuvre when it comes to signing of the FIC amendment bill, although it was clearly not quite decided how to deal with this with President Jacob ZumaTripartite alliance partner, labour federation Cosatu first mooted lifestyle audits in 2011, but the ANC, particularly Zuma, shot the idea down at the time.However, corruption continues to bedevil the party and it emerged as a key contributor to its electoral losses in the local government elections, which saw many ANC loyalists staying at home and snubbing the poll.The ANC is now treading carefully amid growing fears of further electoral losses in 2019.ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said the party’s national executive committee had endorse...
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