Ramaphosa: Corruption During A National Disaster Is A Heinous Type Of Crime

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

CORRUPTION during a national disaster is a particularly heinous type of crime, and perpetrators are going to be dealt with decisively and harshly.
 
It is difficult to understand the utter lack of conscience that leads a businessperson who has heeded the call to provide lifesaving supplies during a devastating pandemic to inflate the price of a surgical mask by as much as 900%.
 
Nor can one explain why a councillor would stockpile emergency food parcels meant for the poor for their own family, or why another councillor would divert water tankers en route to a needy community to their own home.
 
It is impossible to discern what drives an entire family whose member stole funds meant for unemployed workers to go on a spending spree, buying cars, paying for renovations and beauty treatments, and even tombstones.
 
Attempting to profit from a disaster that is