The Times editorial (18/7/17) bemoaned the fact "that there is little hope of South Africa's hobbled prosecutors bringing the perpetrators of state capture to book". True, even when charges are filed the docket is either lost, stolen, or dumped in the round file.
The solution, according to the editorial is for certain civil society "to march on those who can do something about the problem - the prosecutors and the police".
In addition to protest marches, private prosecution is available when law enforcement sits on its hands. Why is it we haven't heard from Gerry Nel who left the NPA for this very purpose? It's not as if there is an acute shortage of egregious criminal conduct to prosecute!
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