A South African judicial commission that’s been investigating graft identified a litany of failings by the state and made a number of suggestions on how they should be fixed.
Evidence presented to the commission showed “South Africa suffers from pervasive corruption in both the public and private sectors,” the panel said in the first of a three-part report released on Tuesday.The government should publish a national charter that sets out ethical standards to be applied when buying goods and services for the state, and all public servants and officials should have to sign it.
Consideration should be given to enacting a law to establish a professional body that would raise state procurement standards, and set out the qualifications and training required for responsible officials.
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