Corruption: SAâs new metric of national shame
By Mushtak Parker
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Ex-president Jacob Zuma had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the courthouse in Pietermaritzburg to face charges including 18 counts of racketeering, corruption, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering.
Last Wednesday he finally appeared before the judge pleading not guilty to the charges.
On the same day Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize issued an unusual 6-page media briefing â tantamount to a departmental mea culpa and ongoing âindependent investigationâ relating to a R150m âirregularâ contract given by his Ministry to Digital Vibes, which was allegedly grossly overpriced.
Are Zumaâs trial and Mkhizeâs confessional âa defining moment for South Africaâ and the independence of its judicial and governance processes?
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During a virtual House hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Tuesday, panelists and lawmakers urged a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing egregious human rights abuses, including forcing religious minorities to live in what are essentially concentration camps.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who co-chairs the commission with Rep. James McGovern (D-MA), laid out the case for boycotting what he called the “genocide Olympics.”
“Chinese authorities initially denied the existence of mass internment camps and have tried to portray them as vocational training centers,” Smith said. “Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) employed lies, censorship and economic coercion to stifle discussion of their crimes.