SA breeding ground for corruption:This morning we revist that one cancer of corruption that's plaguing the country. Procurement seems to be at the centre of as most investigations are centered around the manipulation of tender processes. Just last week we say high ranking police officers in the procurement decision arrested for procurement related charges. Worst of all is that even the national police commissioner has been summoned for the same problem. How did we get here? Why has procurement become the fertile ground for corruption in the country? Is it about governance or just opportunistic politicians milking government? For a perspective on this, we are joined by…

Guest: Job Mokgoro - Former Premier of the North West Province, governance  practitioner and scholar with extensive experience within government

Guest: Zukiswa Kota - Steering Committee Member of the global  Open Government Partnership and leado coordinator of the Imali Yethu Coalition for Open Budgets (A coalition of civil society organisations committed to deepening fiscal transparency, accountability and public participation in SA)

SA breeding ground for corruption:This morning we revist that one cancer of corruption that's plaguing the country. Procurement seems to be at the centre of as most investigations are centered around the manipulation of tender processes. Just last week we say high ranking police officers in the procurement decision arrested for procurement related charges. Worst of all is that even the national police commissioner has been summoned for the same problem. How did we get here? Why has procurement become the fertile ground for corruption in the country? Is it about governance or just opportunistic politicians milking government? For a perspective on this, we are joined by&hellip;
Guest: Job Mokgoro - Former Premier of the North West Province, governance&nbsp; practitioner and scholar with extensive experience within government
Guest: Zukiswa Kota - Steering Committee Member of the global&nbsp; Open Government Partnership and leado coordinator of the Imali Yethu Coalition for Open Budgets (A coalition of civil society organisations committed to deepening fiscal transparency, accountability and public participation in SA)

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