GRAEME HOSKEN: How state capture is killing South Africa
'It steers public monies‚ which could be used for social and redistribution of wealth programmes‚ towards the pockets of a small number of people'
07 June 2017 - 16:26
Declining public service and this week's announcement of South Africa's tailspin into recession can be blamed on government's lack of honesty‚ accountability and state capture. The emergence of damning information from a tranche of leaked emails belonging to the controversial Gupta family should have South Africans demanding the dismissal of politicians and the institution of criminal investigations‚ say governance experts. Public pressure is now mounting on government as thousands more emails about alleged state capture continue to be uncovered.
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