Sat May 25 11:14:42 SAST 2013
Sat May 25 11:14:42 SAST 2013

Losing the moral fibre

Aug 3, 2010 | Sowetan Editorial | 6 comments

SOUTH Africa may be rapidly losing its status as a democratic state. The recent revelations that tenderpreneurs were plotting to kill a mayor sends chills down the spine.

 These are men of low moral fibre who are introducing Latin American lawlessness to SA 

It is unbelievable that some, who prize money over ubuntu, would stoop to such dark deeds.

George Mthimunye was sent by the government to clean up the North West town of Vryburg after allegations of corruption. Other administrators were also allegedly targeted by these unscrupulous officials who did not want to let go of the public teat they were sucking on.

The plot came to light when the alleged hitmen became aggrieved when the officials tried to bargain down the price.

These are men of low moral fibre who are introducing Latin American lawlessness to our country. They would rather kill than accept punishment for their misdeeds. It is untenable that we employ public officers who are corrupt, have no conscience and who feel they are superior to other people.

The government must seriously consider its hiring policies and the practice of jobs for pals. The country needs a better calibre of civil servants: people who are passionately interested in the upliftment of the communities.

We don't need the scum who are taking advantage because very few officials have been convicted of corruption despite countless claims against them.

Perhaps the civil service should also consider adopting a vocational code of conduct, which should be taught at schools, to curb the rampant immorality that is surely spreading across the country.

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Aug 3, 2010

Socrates

tell the Association of National Criminals (ANC) who believe that being official means access and opportunity to loot the state-they learnt this from their leaders
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Aug 3, 2010

PheliMarabi

Whether you like it or not , all of this is done in the name of the ANC.Sooner or later all hell will break loose.
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Aug 3, 2010

Leon06

It isapity pity that poor S.Africans has to suffer because of the public servants' misdeeds. I think its better to dub this misdeeds as a National Crisis and maybe with international watchdogs things can be much better.
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Aug 3, 2010

JensEggers

There is no point in calling this kind of immorality South American. The potential for immorality exists in all people, including previously disadvantaged ones. Suffering does not automatically turn us into saints.

What South Africans need to learn is that the best available defence against immorality is a well-functioning, transparent and accountable democratic system, with many independent centres of power.

The ANC has much to hide and values its secrets more than it values democracy. It aims to centralise power in order to disenfranchise the South African people, and claims to speak for them while manipulating and exploiting them. We have to confront the ANC's efforts to blind us and bind us.

South Africans needs to create a true democratic alternative. The national democratic revolution will have been completed once the first CHANGE in government has been achieved via the ballot. Only then will we be able to say that we have created a democracy.
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Aug 3, 2010

notyetuhuru

Self enrichment and not the struggle anymore, is the main preocupation of the ANC. The rationale for these deployed thugs is that "if the Malemas and Nyandas can do it, why cant they did it"
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Aug 3, 2010

Net

Until we see people actually being held accountable for their actions and go to jail, the status quo will not change. If the one guy can get away with it then so can I. Now where are those tenders....
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