‘Corruption a Zuma paradigm’

THE DA has attacked President Jacob Zuma following claims that Zuma believed “corruption is a Western thing.”
In Zuma’s 2009 representations to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), it was stated that corruption is only a crime in “a Western paradigm”, City Press reported.
Now, the DA’s Mmusi Maimane has called on Zuma to explain the representations, in a press release titled “Corruption is a Zuma paradigm, not a ‘Western paradigm’.”

“The Democratic Alliance has noted, with great concern, reports of President Jacob Zuma’s 2009 representations to the National Prosecuting Authority, in which he negates corruption as a victimless crime, which finds its roots in the Western world,” Maimane wrote.
Maimane said that he would be writing a letter to Zuma “to demand clarity on this disturbing position”.

“President Zuma evidently sees corruption as something that should be swept under the carpet, without repercussions,” Maimane continued.

“With these comments, it is clear that President Zuma speaks with a forked tongue when he commits to tackling corruption, especially in the public sector.” —iafrica.