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- 4 years ago
Corruption costs SA at least R27 billion in lost GDP every year and as many as 100,000 jobs. That blunt assessment from Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel. Corruption means not just redirecting resources from an anonymous state, but killing honest businesses and taking jobs away from real people. If it does not make you hopping mad, it should. John Dludlu is the former Sowetan editor and now heading the Small Business Institute.