Samaoen Osman | Crawford SOUTH Africa is paying a heavy price for the failures of the governing ANC to build a meritocratic, competent, professional and corruption-free public service.
The public anger sparked by revelations of large-scale tender irregularities involving Covid-19 relief funds has served as another reminder of the widespread mismanagement, dysfunction and corruption that have hobbled state institutions in South Africa.
This culture of wanton criminality and impunity will have dire consequences for future generations.
What is clear is that the ANC has betrayed the vision it set out in 1994 to dismantle the apartheid legacy and construct a developmental state that is responsive to the social and economic needs of all South Africans.
When the ANC came to power in 1994, it outlined a series…
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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2021-07-28