Phosa: ANC must end corruption scourge

[DigitalSoldier]

Johannesburg - It is time for government to shape the country's future decisively and stop blaming the past, former ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said on Tuesday.

"We are... a government, and placing the blame on the past, apartheid, race, and other external factors does not wash anymore. It is time for solutions of which we are the architects and it is time to shape our future decisively," Phosa said in a speech prepared for delivery at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation conference in Johannesburg.
"Let us begin by making sure that every rand of public money that is spent makes a tangible impact on development and upliftment of our people."

Corruption and non-service delivery were serious concerns.
"If we fail to address the income gap and alleviate poverty, we will have other consequences. Ours will be a perpetually volatile society, open to flare-ups from time to time, and growing disenchantment among the voters with those they have voted into power."

Phosa said many in the African National Congress had faced charges of corruption and had brought the party into disrepute in "a devastating and shocking fashion".

"It has never been ANC policy for anyone to steal public money. Anyone doing that satisfies his or her own greed at the expense of the nation, and to the lasting detriment of a party that commanded the respect of the entire globe."

The corruption scourge would lead to the decline of the ANC and ultimately render its history "meaningless".
"If we want to avoid being consigned to the dustbin of history, we must be demonstrably more decisive, more transparent and totally unforgiving in how we deal with those who steal public money, or abuse positions of trust," said Phosa.

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[Randux]

I don't think they care mr. Phosa but good on you for putting it out there.

 

[Cool E]

True Mr Phosa.

 

[lucifir]

so now that you are out in the cold, you suddenly grow a conscious??
Where were these words when you were part of the problem(and the corrupt)??

 

[2026]

Elections are coming!

 

[air]

so now that you are out in the cold, you suddenly grow a conscious??
Where were these words when you were part of the problem(and the corrupt)??

+1

 

[yebocan]

so now that you are out in the cold, you suddenly grow a conscious??
Where were these words when you were part of the problem(and the corrupt)??

never seizes to amazes me, once removed from the feeding trough...all of a sudden, taking the moral high ground...speaking with sense...#hasbeenmuch!

 

[TelkomUseless]

At least once a week/month some politician says Stop corruption.

 

[intel8080]

never seizes to amazes me, once removed from the feeding trough...all of a sudden, taking the moral high ground...speaking with sense...#hasbeenmuch!

+1
Note where he says: "STOP blaming the apartheid". Of course he is right but who is going to listen to him? It is the apartheid's fault until Jesus comes WTF Welcome to the new South Africa.

 

[Sinbad]

I think when an ANC body comes out all holier than thou it means they've looted all they can ever possibly think they'll ever need, so it's OK to stop the looting now.

 

[DreamKing]

if the anc can end the corruption, then it is not the anc for the past 20 years.

 

[grok]

Asking thieves to grow a concience .. not going to happen!

 

[LazyLion]

 

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