Greed is why SA is unable to have a decent State – former AG

THABI MADIBA|

FORMER Auditor-General and head of investigations for the State capture inquiry Terence Nombembe on Wednesday pointed out that greed is why South Africa is unable to have a decent State.

Nombembe was speaking during a conferenc on State capture hosted by the Public Affairs Research Institute and the Council for the Advancement of the Constitution.

The conference was initially scheduled to take place earlier in the year, however, owing to the extensions granted to the Commission to submit its final report, the conference was postponed.

Nombembe said greed was the primary cause for respected individuals or organisations being involved in fraud and corruption scandals.

“And I don’t think we have to be apologetic about that, greed is what is actually consuming and imploding our ability to have a decent State in South Africa. I think we should be very direct – unless we can get rid of greed we will not be able to reverse the