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Corruption is a feature of government, not a bug
What if the system itself practically manufactures corruption?
21 July 2026
What if the system itself practically manufactures corruption?
The first and arguably most important institution is property rights.
The issue is not that South Africans lack enterprise; the problem is that our policy environment actively suppresses it.
The costs of municipal dysfunction are being quietly transferred onto those who happen to own property.
South Africa fails because its institutions punish productivity and protect predation.
Nicholas Woode-Smith was featured in Daily Investor on Eskom.
This is the truth South Africans need to confront.
Politicians who do not observe diligently will get their futures directed to them by the ballot box.