🔒 Ramaphosa’s slow pace towards corruption reports could derail anti-graft plan
Anti-corruption activists are worried that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s slow response on reports, coupled with uncertainty at the National Prosecuting Authority could take the wind out of the sails of the national campaign against graft.
Said Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis: “Let’s see whether heads are going to roll after the president is handed the report by the acting chief justice. As South Africa yesterday marked International Anti-Corruption Day, analysts also pointed to weaknesses in the – hit by the recent resignation of the head of its Investigating Directorate, advocate Hermione Cronje – for failure to prosecute in “low hanging fruit” cases.
“What we don’t know is what led to her departure – with rumours ranging from insufficient government support, to the deterioration of personal relations with Batohi. ’s newly launched book Permitted Plundering: How Parliament Failed South Africa, said the NPA “should not be waiting for the Zondo commission report beforeSalzwedel said: “Nothing ever said that the Zondo commission, investigation and prosecution by the NPA can’t run parallel to each other.
The second game-changer is the commission’s report, currently under preparation, on what must be done to prevent the conditions that allowed serious corruption with impunity to flourish during, in particular, the wasted Zuma years.
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