Bongo has been charged with trying to disrupt the Parliamentary enquiry into ESKOM in 2017 by attempting to bribe an advocate acting on behalf of the enquiry. It is worth remembering that Bongo, who came from relative obscurity, was a staunch ally of Zuma’s and was elected chair of the Home Affairs portfolio committee of Parliament in July. If the ANC’s Integrity Committee did not deem fit to sanction Bongo, then the courts will need to step in it seems.
This is probably music to most South Africans’ ears. Not a day goes by without the average citizen being reminded of the cost of state capture. The years of looting at SAA have resulted in a bankrupt airline with few options for survival. Ditto ESKOM, DENEL, Prasa and the rest of the draining SOEs. The ‘drip drip’ information coming out of the Zondo Commission beamed into our living rooms daily does not help in lifting the mood of anger there is at years of corruption and state capture.
Last week Auditor-General, Kimi Makwetu again exposed the mismanagement of public funds. As he was reporting on the audit results for national and provincial departments, he said, in what must be an auditor’s understatement, that the results were ‘disappointing.’ Makwetu said that irregular expenditure had increased to R62.60-billion from the R52-billion reported last year while unauthorised expenditure was at R1.365-billion. Fruitless and wasteful expenditure continued to rise.
The party has an ambivalent relationship with ethics and good governance, especially in the provinces and municipalities. How many more times can Makwetu highlight the amount of money either stolen or wasted before the ANC catches the proverbial wake up call?
judith_february piece: 1) Foot on the gas, prosecuting StateCapture related crimes starts, albeit with cautious professionalism. 2) Foot on the brake, 'ANC's ambivalent relationship with ethics & good governance'. It's deep-rooted, will last as long as ANC's above 50% majority