New call for investigation into all apartheid government corruption
The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation has called for a commission of inquiry into the broader issue of corruption in South Africa during apartheid, reports EWN.
This follows a leaked preliminary Public Protector report implicating Absa and several other high-profile financial institutions in the looting of state funds.
The inquiry would allow those with more information on corruption during apartheid to come forward, said IJR researcher Hennie van Vuuren.
“New evidence should be presented to the public. This shouldn’t be seen as a witch hunt; this is rather an attempt for us really to understand the longer story of corruption in the country precisely because we need to navigate our way into the future,” said van Vuuren.
“We need to understand how state capture has worked in our country for a long time.”
This follows similar calls by the ANC Women’s League and Black First Land First have called on Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to conduct a full-scale investigation into apartheid-era state looting.
The groups have made official submissions to President Zuma, appealing to him to institute an inquiry into the Absa investigation, and other cases related to looting of State resources by the apartheid government and Capture of State owned entities.
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