@BenjaminACronin Yes because the state has such a great track record in sa of providing efficient and reliable services with every soe they influence, right?
@News24 Plenty more then that.. Not to mention the credibility loss.... Not too disimilar to news 24 subscription base attrition.. For very similar reasons...
Africa has perfected a bizarre alchemy: there are public offices that effortlessly transform penniless trade unionists, activists, and grassroots agitators into overnight multimillionaires.
Yet these same offices are completely paralyzed when tasked with executing the basic public duties they were created to perform.
The primary output of the system is no longer public service; it is the manufacturing of a new oligarch class.
The mechanics of this corruption are not hidden, they are institutionalized.
The most economically destructive offices on the continent are the signatory and regulatory bodies. These entities act as tollgates on progress. They systematically prioritize bribes, extortion, and illicit payouts over regulatory compliance and industry innovation.
By strangling the builder and rewarding the bureaucrat, they ensure that real economic growth is strangled at birth.
Despite this systemic pillage, daily life carries on as if everything is normal.
This collective normalization of rot is the ultimate tragedy.
Until a generation arises that is willing to hit pause on normal life to forcefully confront this institutional decay, sustainable development will remain an impossibility. You cannot build a modern economy on a foundation of unchecked parasites.
The fundamental contract of public service has been completely inverted.
Public servants now live like feudal masters, indulging in opulent lifestyles funded entirely by the liquidation of national wealth. They thrive while the national balance sheet bleeds.
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