With calls for his ouster or resignation slowly dying down. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa appears to be making some radical changes in government – or so some observers are saying.
In a televised address over the weekend and response to the findings of the state capture inquiry, President Ramaphosa had noted plans to overhaul South Africa’s anticorruption agency and ensure the independence of prosecutors.
He described corruption as a betrayal of democracy and an assault on the institutions that were established to advance the values of the South African constitution and the interests of the people.
He noted that the money that was stolen robbed the country of resources that could have been used to advance the interests of the people.
Referencing the state capture, he noted that it had tried to compromise democracy and bring down institutions.
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma sees the whole state capture enquiry as nothing more than a sham, accusing President Ramaphosa of corruption.
He referenced the robbery that had taken place on President Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm and how Ramaphosa had hushed it, noting that if it were to be his (Zuma’s) house where millions of collars were found under mattresses, the outcome would have been different.
