SA’ battle against state capture

THE book by Jeff Wicks - The Shadow State - and many others published over the years, graphically unearthed all the overt and covert role players who demolished the political landscape and economy of South Africa.

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Leaders from institutions cannot evade blame for enabling state capture, and in the stealthy process earned themselves billions of rand worth of ill-gotten blood money.

Like financial vampires, they operate in a shady and shadowy world, unaware that one day they will be unmasked as ruthless predators.

Between 2014 and 2017, the country lost R250 billion through corruption. Taxpayers lost RS21bn through bailouts of corrupt and mismanaged state-owned enterprises.