KILCULLEN and MILLS: What happens when you follow the money
'In an age of instant digital transactions, algorithms and apparently ubiquitous monitoring what is the history of recent international financial tracking efforts?'
News that British and American authorities are investigating the financial activities of the Gupta family have provided encouragement to South African activists that the end may be nigh for the state capture brigade. ‘Follow the money’, a phrase popularised by the film All The President's Men, suggests that the answers to corruption may be found by following a money trail to higher office. In the South African context, following the money is seen as a support for democracy, and its pillars of transparency, fiduciary responsibility and good governance. It presumes that someone, or some institution, will at the end of the process be held accountable.
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