Gremlins in the system

Over the years much attention has been given to the government’s anti-corruption campaign. Among others, the SEC, ACT and CAC have all pledged their support.

It is disappointing, therefore, that a submission to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (delivered by courier), involving institutions and individuals at the very highest levels, has been met with total silence. If, as some have already surmised, the fight against corruption is being managed on a selective basis (and weighted, as usual, in favour of the elite) then it is doomed to fail. (In fact, a recent, rather negative scorecard survey of the NACC’s work caused speculation as to the possible presence of a “corruption virus” working from within, a super-virus that always remains well ahead of the real graft-fighters.) JOHN SHEPHERD