The 'insidious plague' corroding our society

Corruption should be declared a violation of our human rights and freedoms, and the public should be conscientised and educated much better in our fight against corruption and its"economic gangsters", writesWe've just commemorated Human Rights Day and will soon celebrate Freedom Day. These two days remind us of the struggle to attain freedom and democracy in our country.

By now we know how the rampant corruption of the Zuma era violated South Africans' hard-won freedom and rights. Because of corruption, our country teetered on the edge of disaster. No wonder Danny Titus, executive director of corporate affairs at the Afrikaans Language and Culture Association , writes that South Africa has been a country with so many contradictions from racism to democracy. From prisoner to president. However, now it is a country with ironies.

Bribes and theft swell the total cost of projects to provide safe drinking water and sanitation around the world by as much as 40%. Money siphoned from the public treasury could have been spent to meet development needs, to lift people out of poverty; to provide children with education; to bring families essential medicine; and to stop the hundreds of preventable deaths and injuries during pregnancy and childbirth that occur every day.

Where were our so-called"clean" leaders when Zuma appointed Tom Moyane as the head of SARS? Where were they when Zuma pushed the Russian nuclear contract, and fired Nhlanhla Nene to replace him with the unknown Des van Rooyen? Do leaders realise that the poor and vulnerable groups in our country are the first ones hit by corruption when bribery and abuse of power and position deny them access to basic services?

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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