JUSTICE Minister Jeff Radebe wants to name and shame all the rotten apples within his cluster found to have benefited from corrupt activities, alongside those of other members of the public.
Radebe believes this is information that should be freely available to the public, saying that sometimes giving numbers does not make so much of an impact.
"Sometimes numbers need to be attached to actual persons and it will help in the fight against corruption," he told journalists at a post-State of the Nation Address in Pretoria yesterday.
There have been 237 arrests, 32 convictions and 203 cases still before the courts since the establishment of the anti-corruption task team in 2010. It was not immediately clear how many of those included his staff.
Similar to the publication of drunken drivers in newspapers in the Western Cape, those implicated in fraud and corruption cases will have their names splashed across various media platforms in the next few days as part of the government's efforts to root out corruption at all levels.
Radebe was flanked by other ministers in the justice, crime and security cluster, including Intelligence Minister Siyabonga Cwele and Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.
Radebe said the task team had already frozen assets to the value of R816-million obtained through fraudulent means and another R78-million has been forfeited and returned to state coffers. Moreover, R59-million of farms lost through corruption have been recovered, while five others valued at R74-million have been frozen.
Radebe said the delay in filling vacant posts in the higher echelons of the judicial system was high on President Jacob Zuma's priorities , and it would happen by Thursday. The special investigative unit has been without a director for a year.
He reiterated that the appointment of the national director of public prosecutions and the special investigations head would happen by the end of this month.
Meanwhile, the news for prisoners without education is that they will be forced to further their studies while in prison, particularly those without a Grade 9 qualification.
Ndebele said it was high time that prisoners made something of their lives rather than sit and sleep while the government spent R70000 a month to keep them there.
He also expressed concern at the level of heinous crimes against women and children reported in the past few days and was hopeful that cases would be dealt with effectively.
Radebe cracks the whip on corruption
JUSTICE Minister Jeff Radebe wants to name and shame all the rotten apples within his cluster found to have benefited from corrupt activities, alongside those of other members of the public.
Radebe believes this is information that should be freely available to the public, saying that sometimes giving numbers does not make so much of an impact.
"Sometimes numbers need to be attached to actual persons and it will help in the fight against corruption," he told journalists at a post-State of the Nation Address in Pretoria yesterday.
There have been 237 arrests, 32 convictions and 203 cases still before the courts since the establishment of the anti-corruption task team in 2010. It was not immediately clear how many of those included his staff.
Similar to the publication of drunken drivers in newspapers in the Western Cape, those implicated in fraud and corruption cases will have their names splashed across various media platforms in the next few days as part of the government's efforts to root out corruption at all levels.
Radebe was flanked by other ministers in the justice, crime and security cluster, including Intelligence Minister Siyabonga Cwele and Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.
Radebe said the task team had already frozen assets to the value of R816-million obtained through fraudulent means and another R78-million has been forfeited and returned to state coffers. Moreover, R59-million of farms lost through corruption have been recovered, while five others valued at R74-million have been frozen.
Radebe said the delay in filling vacant posts in the higher echelons of the judicial system was high on President Jacob Zuma's priorities , and it would happen by Thursday. The special investigative unit has been without a director for a year.
He reiterated that the appointment of the national director of public prosecutions and the special investigations head would happen by the end of this month.
Meanwhile, the news for prisoners without education is that they will be forced to further their studies while in prison, particularly those without a Grade 9 qualification.
Ndebele said it was high time that prisoners made something of their lives rather than sit and sleep while the government spent R70000 a month to keep them there.
He also expressed concern at the level of heinous crimes against women and children reported in the past few days and was hopeful that cases would be dealt with effectively.
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