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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