ANC’s labour ally says party failing to act on S Africa graft

Bloomberg

A leader of South Africa’s biggest labour movement accused the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of failing to act on corruption, highlighting the fragility of a political
alliance that’s been in place since the end of apartheid.
“What is most concerning is the ANC’s refusal to engage on extending the ban on public servants and the executive from doing business with the state,” Bheki Ntshalintshali, general secretary of Congress of South African Trade Unions, wrote in a column in the Sunday Times. “The longer the ANC shies away from addressing the root causes behind the scourge of corruption the more it continues to allow the looting.”
For the last two years South Africa has been mired in state-backed inquiries into corruption within government and some key state owned institutions and companies, following
the scandal-ridden tenure of
former President Jacob Zuma.
This year government officials, including President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman, were linked to allegations of corruption related to tenders for personal protective equipment needed to combat the coronavirus.