A tale of capital punishment
ANN CROTTY: Why nothing will happen to those behind state-capture activities
If you have the capital you don’t get the punishment
If you haven’t read Geoff Budlender’s report into allegations of “state capture” involving Trillian, you should. I make this recommendation realising that indignation fatigue has probably taken hold of you. I thought I’d come to the end of my indignation tether, and then came the Gupta/amaBhungane revelations that the Free State government paid for the Gupta wedding. About the same time Budlender released his report. My indignation moved to a whole new level. Could it be this state-capture activity was aided and abetted by some very respectable organisations?Budlender’s report is an easy read that almost perfectly describes why there are so few powerful or wealthy individuals behind bars. It is essentially that cynical old story of capital punishment: if you have the capital you don’t get the punishment. The main reason there are so many poor people in prisons the world over is they don’t have access to the resources that keep some really bad (but rich) people out of them. Budlender...
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