/ 7 January 2022

ANC: A corrupt party culture leads to a corrupt government

Safrica Politics Vote Eff Rally
Struggle accounting: Corruption opens the ruling party to criticism such as when Economic Freedom Fighters paraded a mock ANC coffin. (Photo: Marco Longari/AFP)
Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.

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