Strengthen institutions for stronger societies

SISEKO MAPOSA.

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IN RECENT weeks, we have witnessed an unprecedented explosion of corruption revelations.

From Mkhwanazi to disbarred advocate Teffo’s disclosures alleging collusion between police services, investigative bodies, government officials, criminal syndicates, and the judiciary, our nation has been shaken to its core. The response has been paradoxical.

On one level, these revelations have been met with unsettling normalcy. South Africans broadly accept that the state is crippled by graft. This resignation reflects a dangerous adaptation to systemic failure. Yet, they have also been treated as incontrovertible truth, bypassing formal institutional processes.

Verdicts have been swiftly delivered, at least in. the court of public opinion. Herein lies the tension: a public simultaneously jaded by corruption yet eager to condemn, often without trial.