Godsell condemns political appointments to boards

'Hiring people to a board because of their political connections is corruption,' he said in response to questions at a Finweek business breakfast, where Godsell spoke on SA's prospects in 2011. 'The problems with political corruption starts when individuals seek influence, but I would like to see it addressed in the business arena first. It should be stopped.' Full report in The Times

Members of the ANC and its government should not tolerate corruption and remember the reason the ruling party was in power, says National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel. According to a report on the Fin24.com site, he was speaking at the memorial service of his fellow-struggle stalwart, Johnny Issel, and said the ruling party was carrying itself as if it had forgotten the purpose of why it was governing. 'We allow what use to keep us together (during the struggle) to let people do as they please,' Manuel told the memorial in Crosby in Johannesburg. 'We should not tolerate corruption, it is wrong, it is stealing from the poor.' Full report on the Fin24.com site

A belief that many police officers were corrupt was the main reason for the public's lack of trust in the service, a study by the Institute for Security Studies showed. Business Day quotes the institute's researcher, Andrew Faull, as saying that corruption-related accounts that emerged during the focus groups included petty and serious extortion, as well as attempted bribery. 'Some accounts involved more serious bribery, mostly in return for closing cases on behalf of the accused,' Faull said. 'Examples included the accused in a domestic violence case paying police to release him without opening a docket, a detective lying to a magistrate about a lack of evidence in return for payments from the accused, and police regularly accepting alcohol from an illegal tavern owner in return for not closing it down.' Full Business Day report Study