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THE biggest danger facing the South African state is corruption and its sidekick cronyism. News that the communications minister, Siphiwe Nyanda is part owner of a company that has been awarded a R67.8 m tender by the Gauteng roads and transport department represents another setback.
There are several problems with this tender. The first is that, if the DA’s Jack Bloom is to be believed, the tender did not follow the correct procedure.
But that pales in comparison to the problem of cronyism. A cabinet minister should not be involved in companies that are awarded government tenders for obvious reasons.
There are any number of reasons why this represents a conflict of interests. For one thing, currying favour with a senior party member might open doors for an ambitious bureaucrat.
For another, it suggests that South Africa is not a country where businesses can compete on a level playing field for government business, a serious disincentive to investors.
Bloom points out: “This contract also appears to have grown in value, and was not reviewed to see if another company could do it more cost-effectively.”
All the above are compounded by the fact that Transnet on Wednesday dismissed two senior managers for manipulating a tender process involving GNS.
President Jacob Zuma made a promising start when he pledged to fight corruption. He did so amidst whispers of disbelief because of the long shadow cast by the conviction of his financial advisor Schabir Shaik on charges of corruption and fraud.
He needs to move quickly to regain public confidence. Cabinet ministers should follow the example of Tokyo Sexwale who placed his business interests at arms length on re-entering politics.

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afrique

March 18, 2010 at 5:47 pm

as long as the fat cats are there, nothing will change…..they all have the logo – greed/racism/crime……so how can they follow an example, they cant even set an example to sa people………

 

Larry Goodfella

March 18, 2010 at 5:57 pm

Afrique

For a people who fought oppression so that others do not have power over them, now that they have the power they do not know how to use it.
You say “…nothing will change…”. Dammit man, make it change. You have the power. Use it and vote these fat cats out of the government.

 

Jimmy

March 19, 2010 at 9:45 am

Difference is Tokyo has a brain, the others often don’t.

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