State of Capture’ Report: South Africa’s democracy fights back corruption
It has been an exhilarating week for South Africa’s democracy. On Wednesday the 2nd of November, the country was glued to proceedings in the High Court, where the President was seeking to prevent the release of a report by the country’s Public Protector. Ultimately, with the odds stacked against him, the President withdrew his application at the last moment, and the court ordered the release of the report. Within hours, South African’s were scouring the report titled ‘State of Capture’.