GOOD statement by Brett Herron, GOOD: Secretary-General and Member of Provincial Parliament
05 January 2022
The GOOD Party welcomes the submission to the President of the first of three reports by the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
The reports collectively contain a number of elements, among them a set of findings on culpability and a set of recommendations on reforming state systems with a view to preventing corruption in future.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the government will develop a comprehensive view of the report once it has all three parts at the end of February. He would prepare a set of recommendations to be tabled at Parliament by the end of June, the President said.
Fixing corruptible systems, foregrounding ethics and introducing greater procurement transparency can’t continue to wait. We have seen over the period of the Covid pandemic that corruption hasn’t yet gone away…
What doesn’t need to wait at all is the prosecutorial system. It is time for the NPA to act on what are effectively a well-worn set of allegations, repeated in various forums, from the so-called Gupta leaks to various inquires, culminating in the Zondo Commission.
The NPA has recently enrolled a few cases that were ventilated at the Zondo Commission, but must double-down on this work.
South Africa needs to urgently up its game with respect to consequence management. When the people see that there are real consequences for crooks who steal from the State – even those who were former leaders – we have a chance of addressing crime and violence in our communities.
We welcome the President’s immediate release of the report to the public.
We express our deep appreciation to former Public Protector, Adv Thuli Madonsela, for her courage and determination in identifying state capture and ordering this commission.
Media enquiries:
Brett Herron, GOOD: Secretary-General
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Email: bretth@forgood.org.za
Samkelo Mgobozi, GOOD: Media Manager
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Email: samm@forgood.org.za