President Ramaphosa, corrupt cadres must be jailed, not given a harsher slap on the wrist
23 August 2020
Note to Editors: Please find attached English soundbite from John Steenhuisen MP.
In a lengthy 7-page letter by President Cyril Ramaphosa to all ANC structures this morning, not once is there any mention of the independent, decisive, and urgent investigation and prosecution of party or cabinet members as part of his so called ‘turning point in our fight against corruption’.
This letter is word salad when President Ramaphosa has demonstrated, most recently, that corrupt cadres continue to be rewarded within his party, and not removed from their positions and punished in accordance with the law of the country.
Just this week, former Mayor of Ethekwini, Zandile Gumede, who was removed from her position last year in the face of a litany of tender corruption charges to the value of R400 million, was sworn in as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature costing the taxpayer R1.1 million per year.