The poephol shall govern!

Short of an Mbeki groupie’s assassination attempt on ANC leader Jacob Zuma (which is unlikely to happen considering the R1 million of taxpayer’s money spent each month for protection), come April, the great man will be state president.
Rumours abound that South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority is set to drop the case against old JZ. He [...]

Our president’s arms deal bribe

For years I’ve suspected that the president was implicated in the arms deal’s corruption scandal. Ducking and diving, the president has clearly had much to hide. Today, however, we have more than conjecture (and an incriminating encrypted fax the DA has been in possession of) to go on. The Sunday Times bravely broke the story [...]

SA politicians could learn from Olmert

Ehud Olmert, the beleaguered Israeli prime minister, has announced his resignation and plans to leave office in September. The Economist neatly wraps up his corruption-related problems:
Mr Olmert’s reputation was irreparably eroded by the recent lengthy courtroom testimony of Morris Talansky, a New York businessman said to have made improper cash contributions to him for a [...]

Corrupt fat cats are enemies of the poor

The Eastern Cape is one of our most beautiful provinces. It is a
place where many of our revered struggle luminaries — Madiba, Chris
Hani, Walter Sisulu, Steve Biko, Oliver Tambo — were born and spent
their formative years.
Fourteen years after the dawn of democracy, it remains one of our
poorest provinces, wracked by Aids and woefully underdeveloped. Little
has [...]

Court challenge to disbanding of Scorpions (and how to help)

The M&G has reported that one man has launched a courtcase to save the Scorpions:
Glenister, CE of Johannesburg-based digital production company Telpro, is dragging Mbeki, Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Brigitte Mabandla and Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula to court. He has approached the court as an ordinary South African concerned that crime will [...]

Corruption in government increasing

According to an article in the Business Day, there has been a massive increase in corruption within the civil servic during the 2006/7 financial year. And, even worse, only 18% of the perpetrators are being dismissed.
The news is hardly surprising – after all, what do you expect will happen when there’s  role models like [...]