SOME of South Africa’s biggest companies have pledged millions of rand to help fund a prominent charity’s response to deadly floods, highlighting the government’s shortcomings when it comes to managing and dispensing relief.
The Gift of the Givers stepped in to help those affected by the floods and landslides that washed away roads, bridges and thousands of houses in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province and elsewhere last month. Its efforts were praised in the local press and on social media, and an influx of donations followed.
More than 60 firms, including Standard Bank Group Ltd and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd, were among those to step in.
The leading role accorded to the charity is indicative of the challenge president Cyril Ramaphosa faces in convincing the public that his administration is intent on cracking down on the corruption that became endemic during his predecessor Jacob Zuma’s nine-year rule.
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