Sunday, March 30, 2008

Corruption in South Africa?!

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Even one of the most famous holy men in the world is asking for an investigation into the Arms deal. For background see here or here

Put simply in 1998 having secured power senior members of the ANC ruling party choose to spend billions of rands on the military claiming it would create 65,000 jobs. It did create thousands of jobs but mostly in Europe and the U.S. However, as any African politician knows domestic job creation always finishes a distant second to lining your own pockets.

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