By REGINALD KANYANE
23 July 2025- Activists and Citizens Forum, Dennis Bloem said when the retired Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo, addressed the SACC Anti-Conference, he told the religious leaders that the country is busy fighting corruption for more than thirty years and corruption is getting worse. Bloem said it seems there is no fight against corruption.
He further said Zondo also told the conference that the ANC committed a very grave mistake by disbanding the effective anti-corruption unit, the Scorpions. Bloem added that this unit was very successful in arresting corrupt people and sending them to jail.
“Whether one is a political leader, or a Member of Parliament, or a businessman or an ordinary citizen, the Scorpions did not favour anyone. They did their work without fear or favour.
“The country thought that under former President Jacob Zuma’s administration, corruption was at the highest level. However, the country was wrong. Corruption is worse now and out of control under President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration,” he said.
Bloem said corruption is completely out of control at all levels of government, municipalities, provincial governments, and National Government. He said people are stealing taxpayers’ money as if the world is coming to an end tomorrow.
“The reason why there is no end in corruption is because the government is infiltrated by criminals masquerading as political leaders. Meanwhile, they are the biggest thieves. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, told the country a few weeks ago that the South African Police Services are infiltrated by criminal syndicates and that some politicians are also on the payroll of these syndicates.
“Activists and Citizens Forum believe that corruption will not end for as long as the ANC is in power. We know this so-called Government of National Unity is just a rubber stamp for the ANC,” said Bloem.
He said the only way that corruption can come to an end, is that they get rid of this corrupt government and that the people demand an urgent overhaul of the criminal justice system, establish an effective anti-corruption unit like the Scorpions, who will act without fear or favour.
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