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Opinion / ColumnistSouth Africa Is a Confirmed Criminal & Mafia State – Only Second to Colombia!byNomazulu Thata11 hrs ago |330ViewsIn every community setting across South Africa, the dominant conversation is about the criminal activities of the ANC party and government. Multiple commissions of inquiry have exposed serious acts of corruption, only for the cases to fizzle out without consequence. The only commission that stood out was the Mkhwanazi Commission – because it revealed the devil in the detail. It exposed the magnitude of corruption embedded in key levers of state power.Corruption began early. When Nelson Mandela left his Soweto home for the leafy suburb of Houghton, courtesy of De Beers magnate Mr. Oppenheimer, it set a dangerous precedent.
That gesture came with strings attached – one of which was to distance himself from Winnie Mandela. At the time, few realized such gestures carried political implications.There is not much money to be made in politics. A politician’s salary does not support opulent living in white suburbs. Yet black elites strive to emulate white lifestyles – at all costs. Among themselves, competition becomes vicious: Who owns the better home? Which holiday resorts do they frequent? What schools do their children attend? How many luxury cars? How many domestic workers?This competition is evident in the case of President Ramaphosa’s nephew, Hangwani Maumela, who looted over R1 billion from Tembisa Hospital.
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