By Thapelo Molefe
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to fighting corruption, with Public Service and Administration Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi warning that not only does it threaten the future of the nation, it is a betrayal by leaders who South Africans have placed their trust in.
“Corruption is not only a scourge that threatens the very fabric of our democracy and the future of our nation. It is an administrative failure and an act of cruelty and betrayal of the nation by (an) evil alliance of the very same people we trusted to be our leaders – yet they are not, but unscrupulous individuals.
“Such acts threaten our democracy, hinder our country’s development and perpetuate inequality,” he said on Monday.
Buthelezi was speaking at the National Dialogue on Anti-Corruption that coincided with International Anti-Corruption Day.
He described corruption as “a cancer bleeding our resources, stealing from the poor and eating
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