Will throwing money at the problem of corruption really work?
Judge Dikgang Moseneke said that better pay for public office bearers will help combat corruption. His review makes recommendations on the pay and benefits of politicians including President Thabo Mbeki (hence his 57% pay increase), cabinet ministers, MPs, members of provincial legislatures, judges, magistrates, and local government councillors. Considering how much these public office holders get when compared to how much they actually accomplish I don't think throwing more money at the problem will make it go away. Greed is not finite and you won't rehabilitate a corrupt official by giving them a salary hike. Why not simply take legal action against some of them. Give them actual jail time instead of setting a precedent where criminal public office holders are treated with kid gloves. Protected by their superiors and president. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_2091713,00.htm
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A very good question, increasing the salaries would help in corruption but not all the time, it might save corruption for five months but then the human greed will out number the needs, There is enough in this world for mans need and not for mans greed. Like in India they have started the RTI i.e. Right to information Act where all the revenue and expenditure should be publicised so that there is no scope for corruption, The Taxation system of any country offers loop holes and the only way to save corruption is to change the taxation system and make it difficult for people to be corrupt. the money in circulation should change and smaller denominations should be introduced and more of credit payments and bank payments should be introduced, Imagine one million in 1$ notes..indeed difficult...There are so many ways to moot corruption but it depends upon the proper authorities to look into the matter and make it happen. Sometimes the authorities who check the corruption are also bribed and they become corrupt. Thus a proper frame of reference is needed.
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Jail time is definitely one of the solutions, the other is not appointing personnel who are not approprietly educated and qualified for specific positions, that problem has been brought about by BEE and AA as well as the brain drain from South Africa because of the governments racist policies. The sooner the ANC realise they have lost a generation of capable workers because of their "liberation before education", the sooner the corruption problem can be resolved.
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pay them more???? stop, you're killing me!!! government officials in south africa are considered to be some of the highest paid in the world! it boils down to plain greed. typical rsa, you give a hand and they want the body, nevermind the arm.
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No. Rising salary to any level will not stop corruption. Only salvation is people should stop paying, for getting things done,
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The only way crime and corruption ever reduce is with a shift in consciousness. The consciousness that I am referring to is that which helps us discern as to how we would like to be treated and how we would like to treat others. The irony is that since Apartheid ended there has been a downward shift in consciousness. If one focuses on the general social environment in which most South Africans live today you see a noticeably greater disrespect for fellow citizens and their possessions. This shift will take many times longer to correct than it did to cause it (social order and skills take centuries to evolve), and South Africa still has to recognise that there has been a shift. The present situation is only perpetuated by the ANC's stance on crime, the crime within the government and their current alignment with governments who have a poor human rights record.
