Sudan and Angola putting our country to shame
I COULD not believe my eyes when I read an article by Bloomberg that Sudan, of all places, has managed to investigate and confiscate, within a year after the toppling of the former president Omar al-Bashir and his family, assets valued at more than $4 billion (R70bn) which comprised shares in companies, buildings and other assets.
The announcement came from the anti-corruption body that investigated the case. It comes on the heels of similar moves by the Angolan government after the departure of former president José Eduardo dos Santos.
The new government immediately started investigations, probing all his holdings, assets, investments and possessions across the world, with criminal charges being laid, and accounts of his family and his associates being confiscated and frozen.
This is a damning indictment of the South African government that after three years of establishing the Zondo commission of inquiry and blowing hundreds of millions of rand investigating, it has come to nought. No money or other assets have been recovered, and none of the culprits who plundered the country and have been named have been arrested or are behind bars.
Shame on you.