State Advocate Drushantha Ramsamy presented damning evidence against Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) former head Adv. Andrea Johnson at the Madlanga Commission on July 30. The lack of political leadership has resulted in blurred lines of accountability between IDAC and the NPA, says the writer.
Dr. Pingla Udit
In an article published two years ago (https://iol.co.za/news/politics/opinion/2024-07-07-ethical-conduct-the-key-to-restoring-citizens-confidence/), I argued that a revamped anti-graft agency “must be free from political interference.”
Its focus was the adoption of a comprehensive approach to combating white-collar crime and prosecuting corruption and related offences. A suite of progressive policies, strategies and programmes to fight crime and corruption had been put in place to create safety and security for all South Africans.
Yet all that good work was derailed by weak governance, the collapse of criminal cases, corruption and malfeasance.
