Corruption in South Africa

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  ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption

  The New York Times - Norimitsu Onishi

  VREDE, South Africa — With loudspeakers blaring, city officials drove across the black township’s dirt roads in a pickup truck, summoning residents to the town hall. The main guest was a local figure who had soared up the ranks of the governing African National Congress and come back with an …

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  Corruption Gutted South Africa’s Tax Agency. Now the Nation Is Paying the Price.

  The New York Times - Selam Gebrekidan

  PRETORIA, South Africa — The nation’s tax chief steeled himself. Chiding and pleading with President Jacob Zuma to get him to file his taxes — much less pay the full amount — was always an excruciating task. And it kept getting worse. One of the president’s sons, a nephew and countless business …

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  How McKinsey Lost Its Way in South Africa

  The New York Times - Walt Bogdanich

  JOHANNESBURG — The blackouts kept coming. The state-owned power company, Eskom, was on the verge of insolvency. Maintenance was being deferred. And a major boiler exploded, threatening the national grid. McKinsey & Company, the godfather of management consulting, thought it could help, but was not …

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  South Africa Vows to End Corruption. Are Its New Leaders Part of the Problem?

  The New York Times - Norimitsu Onishi

  MIDDELPLAAS, South Africa — The little girl hated going to the bathroom at school. The pit toilets were so dark, dirty and crumbling. Many children were so afraid of them that they simply relieved themselves in the schoolyard to avoid the ordeal. But as she played with her best friend during recess, …

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  Hit Men and Power: South Africa’s Leaders Are Killing One Another

  The New York Times - Norimitsu Onishi

  UMZIMKHULU, South Africa — Their fear faded as they raced back home, the bottle of Johnnie Walker getting lighter with each turn of the road. Soon, Sindiso Magaqa was clapping and bouncing behind the wheel of his beloved V8 Mercedes-Benz, pulling into familiar territory just before dark. Minutes …

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  In Gupta Brothers’ Rise and Fall, the Tale of a Sullied A.N.C.

  The New York Times - Norimitsu Onishi

  SAHARANPUR, India — India’s most influential guru joined thousands of believers four years ago as the temple’s first stone was set in the ground. It was a glorious day for its builders, the Gupta brothers, the sons of a local shopkeeper who had risen, almost magically, to become one of the richest …