‘WE MUST SPEAK OUT’
Government employees taking stand against corruption
Public servants begin to stand together against corruption and state capture, saying they must act according to public service prescripts and the principles of the ANC for the sake of SA
A group of public servants is fighting back as revelations of the extent of state capture and corruption continue to spill out. Dubbed "Like-minded civil servants", some 100 state employees at management and senior management level are hoping to reverse the rot that has enabled state capture and corruption over the past decade. The group includes former activists from the student movement and the United Democratic Front. Some are ANC members still active in the party.Speaking to the Financial Mail this week, a senior manager (who wished to remain anonymous as he remains employed by the state) said institutional corruption in the public service is not possible without the backing of politicians or senior managers.The Public Affairs Research Institute report, "Betrayal of the Promise", tracks the state’s metamorphosis into a "contract state". The report describes how the state was "repurposed" — its very architecture was adapted to enable the "knitting together of the symbiotic relati...
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