Corrupt politicians need to be taught a lesson that crime really doesn’t pay

In politics, when you plant seeds of corruption, you’re bound to reap corrupt fruits. Corruption reigned for a long time in the government and turned into a common friend of corrupt politicians.

The citizens didn’t know anything about the Guptas until the EFF raised the alarm during a parliamentary sitting. The red berets shouted: “Zupta must fall! Zupta must fall!”

And we were told it means Zuma and the Gupta family. Former president Jacob Zuma is a man, he’ll answer for himself before the commission of inquiry into state capture. However, corruption has dealt our economy a hot blow and almost crippled it. Selfish politicians who pocketed our tax money should be prosecuted accordingly if found guilty of corruption.

As a citizen, I’d like to give Nhlanhla Nene a big round of applause for stepping down from his portfolio to pass the baton to Tito Mboweni as the minister of finance.

Where is the Gupta family? It escaped like an octopus by squirting its dye of corruption and tainted its politician allies who are faced with the commission of inquiry’s tough questions. The taxpayers are impatiently waiting for the outcomes from the inquiry so the law may take its course.

Then corrupt leaders will learn a lesson that corruption crime doesn’t pay at all. We need leaders with integrity, accountability and honesty.

Amos Tebeila, Mohlaletse Village