The executive director of Nedlac, Madoda Vilakazi, says it could have done more to resist state capture. "But if you're sitting in government and someone in government says 'There is no corruption, what corruption?' - that is a challenge." He believes President Cyril Ramaphosa's influence will help restore the effectiveness of Nedlac, the National Economic Development and Labour Council - which is being questioned again right now after the Department of Labour ignored agreements reached by the council on the minimum wage bill. "If you have someone at the head of government saying 'We need to stamp out corruption', then it gives impetus to us," says Vilakazi. Nedlac's mandate in terms of the Nedlac Act requires it "to strive to promote the goals of economic growth". Vilakazi, who was appointed almost exactly two years ago, concedes that it sat by while the government, one of the major partners in Nedlac alongside business and labour, destroyed the economy. "Unfortunately, that's how ...
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