Chance for president to show he is serious about fighting corruption

THE alleged myriad corrupt business practices by Bosasa executives, described as “monopoly money”, being revealed at the ongoing Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, if or when proven to be true in a court of law, would reaffirm that corruption and theft of public resources are not only race related and in the public sector, but also equally high in the private circles of the economy.

Over many years, South Africans have been reading in the mass media about scandals between private businesses and government officials. We have read about the tobacco smuggling industry, the private security industry, the Guptas, the multibillion-rand arms deal, tender related fraud and other dirty business activities.

If Ramaphosa is serious about fighting corruption and restoring citizens’ faith in the government, then these scandals provide him with a unique opportunity to prove to South Africans that he is determined to eradicate corruption in the country.

Now that it is all out in the public space, criminal charges must be laid and the corrupters, receivers of bribes and other cronies in the chain of these scandals, including auditors, must be brought to book.

Similarly, other pending cases and investigations must be urgently concluded and the rule of law must be equally followed for all cases.

Corrupters are foxy people and should be charged for treason, as they rob the country and South Africans of service delivery and progress.

MOHAMED SAEED Pietermaritzburg