We, the bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, have noted the President’s implementation plan for the State Capture Report.
We welcome the broad reforms that the president has proposed to remedy the gaps in the country’s system of governance, particularly the appointment process for the heads of law enforcement agencies and the boards of state-owned enterprises, the procurement reforms, whistle-blower protection, and the review of political party funding act to criminalise making donations with the expectation of procurement benefits. At the same time, we note that the proposed measures to strengthen good governance will not bear the intended results if the entrenched cadre deployment policy is not discontinued. We would therefore like to see a more decisive commitment from the ruling party to ending cadre deployment.
Source: Statement of SACBC in response to the President’s implementation plan on State Capture Commission
