CHRIS ROPER: South Africa earning its (corruption) spurs
Contrary to popular belief, the country doesn’t fare too badly in a number of international rankings. But rampant graft may yet be its undoing
In the first weeks of 2022, the topics my first five columns of the year dealt with were varied. One was about how the ANC likes to pretend it isn’t responsible for the destruction of our state-owned enterprises and civic structure. I concluded by saying: “The ANC is living in two contrasting realities. The one, where it’s trying to pretend it’s a helpless victim so as to avoid accountability, and the other, where it’s trying to pretend it’s still worthy of being in charge. I doubt its best and brightest have the philosophical wherewithal to put that one over on the country, but they’re going to fight an ugly rearguard action.”
One was about how asinine the insults are that our politicians bandy about, another about what bullies the EFF are in relation to the party’s harassment of restaurant owners, and one was about nonfungible tokens. The final one took a look at the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, and how propaganda would ramp up if that happened...
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