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A new book, The Unaccountables, chronicles economic crimes and corruption dating back 50 years and profiles 35 complicit corporations and private individuals, as well as politicians and state institutions

. Its common thread is that none of the implicated individuals and corporations has been held accountable in either the apartheid or democratic eras.

It draws many details from Van Vuuren’s book, Apartheid Guns and Money, and archival information from the University of the Free State about the names of companies and individuals who acquired their existing wealth through economic crimes and were never held to account. The erstwhile National Party, which was the architect of apartheid, is exposed as the instigator of state capture, which also saw its claws digging into the private sector.. Barloworld, formerly known as Barlo Rand, sponsored the National Party during former president FW de Klerk’s tenure with a donation of R50 000 and asked to be kept anonymous. One of its directors, Derek Cooper, who retired from Standard Bank in 2010, was responsible for the donations.

Shoprite businessperson Christo Wiese is also implicated in the book for benefiting from apartheid’s spoils. In 1989, a letter was sent by then minister of trade, industry and tourism Kent Durr to De Klerk informing him of Wiese’s monetary support and allegiance to the National Party.In post-apartheid crimes, The Unaccountables profiles the procrastinated arms deal trial of former president Jacob Zuma and French company Thales.

Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations launched a complaint about the conduct of judges Willie Seriti and Hendrik Musi of the Seriti Commission, who cleared both Zuma and Shaik of all wrongdoing. Their report was later set aside in 2019 in the Pretoria High Court.The NPA is investigating director of public prosecutions in Johannesburg Andrew Chauke for failure to prosecute many high-profile cases, which have cast a dark shadow on his and the authority’s credibility.

 

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