IOL News reports that Ekurhuleni mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, has sounded a chilling warning. Speaking at the funeral of slain forensic auditor Mpho Mafole on Sunday, he said that unless SA protected the integrity warriors within its public institutions, the state faced a mass exodus of professionals – and with it, the collapse of public trust.
Delivering an emotional but forceful address, Xhakaza condemned what he described as a deepening climate of fear targeting civil servants confronting corruption head-on. "If we don’t pull up and enforce the law and ensure there are consequences, we will lose some of these professionals. They will want to leave the public service and it will mean the public trust will be eroded,” he said. Mafole, a respected figure in the metro’s anti-corruption unit, was gunned down in a brutal ambush last week while returning home from work. This cannot be another case that fades into silence, Xhakaza said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kamogelo Moichela at IOL News
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