Resisting State Capture in South Africa

Legal Profession and Corruption in Health Care: Some Reflective Realities in South Africa

“…In the triangulation process the researcher utilised printed and digital secondary sources such as academic articles ( 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 17 , 25 – 27 , 37 ) and newspapers ( 16 , 18 , 34 , 48 – 62 ).…”

“…In the triangulation process the researcher utilised printed and digital secondary sources such as academic articles (2,4,5,7,11,17,(25)(26)(27)37) and newspapers (16,18,34,(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62).…”

“…The establishment of the Oakbay Investments, a holding company, comprised of media, engineering and mining and its continuous diversification of activities became a complexity of note, a foundation of a multifaceted reality of state capture. All of the roads to the path of corruption and multi-million and billion business initiatives were rooted on personal, family, political, economic and financial chicanery (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11).…”

Doing business while holding public office: Evidence from Mozambique’s firm registry

“…'Neopatrimonialism', frequently used to describe states in sub-Saharan Africa, characterizes political leaders as patrons who manipulate clients in the public and private sectors in pursuit of their own personal and political ends, including rent extraction (e.g., Bratton and Van de Walle, 1993;Bach, 2011). 4 At another extreme, what Hutchcroft (1998) described as 'oligarchic patrimonialism' conceives political power as captured by a narrow set of private sector interests, which has been often applied to characterise developing-Asian and transition economies (e.g., Hellman et al, 2003), as well as some middle income African economies (e.g., Alence and Pitcher, 2019). 5 Both these forms of patrimonialism imply a relatively direct exchange between politicians and businesses.…”

Breaking Out of the Democratic Slump

“…Members of Parliament from Zuma's African National Congress forced out their own leader, threatening him with a formal vote of no confidence if he did not resign, because they knew that they would be courting disaster in the May 2019 national elections if they did not act. 20 In March 2019 in Slovakia, Zuzana Èaputová, an environmental lawyer who had courageously challenged the corruption and creeping authoritarianism of the populist parliamentary government, became the first woman to win election to the country's presidency.…”