He was speaking as South Africa crosses the half a million infections mark, with at least 8,500 dead plus several thousand additional ‘suspected’ Covid deaths. Some high-ranking members of the ruling party and government officials are alleged to be among those under investigation. The furore around Covid-19 response corruption comes as South Africa slips ever farther in global good governance indices. RatingTransparency International’s latest rating (2018) put South Africa in 73rd place, out of around 180 countries globally, on its corruption index. Said one source close to this past weekend’s “discussions” within the ruling party: “Everyone wants to blame someone else.

Source: Daily Nation August 05, 2020 05:15 UTC