Rats leading to corruption

It is commonly accepted that in certain African countries, a foreign visitor must travel with an "extra page in their passport".

- Sydney Maj oko

The story goes that corruption in those countries is so entrenched in their day-to-day lives that a visitor who has not even broken any laws must keep some bank notes in their passport so that when those in authority demand to see their passport, they will easily take out the "extra page" and leave the traveller to go on their merry way. South Africans would listen to such travel stories and make horrified faces at hearing them on some 6*at least not in our country," level. Any South African who still thinks that way is delusional. Corruption is part of this country's daily life right now. When President Cyril Ramaphosa ad-dressed the nation in what the country has come to call a "family meeting," on Friday, his 25-minute long address sounded so normal and ordinary that most people would have been listening with one ear tuned to amapiano hits because after all, it was a Friday. But a few minutes from the end he announced: "A joint fund of Rsoo million will be established by the departments of trade, industry and competition and small business development