If unethical practices continue to plague local governance, the country will not be able “investigate and prosecute” away crippling government corruption, says National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), advocate Shamila Batohi.
Batohi was addressing the launch of the Local Government Anti-Corruption Forum and the Local Government Ethical Leadership Initiative by cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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The forum was established in October 2020 under the chairship of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), supported by the department of cooperative governance as the Secretariat.
The forum was formed to foster collaboration and coordination on anti-corruption matters among the stakeholders at the local government level.
Delivering the keynote address, Dlamini-Zuma said where there is good governance, there is “little room for corruption”.
“If there’s accountability, you minimise corruption. If there’s integrity, you minimise (corruption),” said Dlamini-Zuma.
