Johannesburg - Honest citizens and civil servants should
fight corruption in the government tendering process, Finance Minister Pravin
Gordhan said this week.
"We are in danger of becoming what many call an
'extractive society'," he told the SA Institute of Professional
Accountants conference in Boksburg.
Those stealing from government for their own benefit were
doing so at the expense of poor people.
"It is time for the majority of honest civil servants,
civic societies and business to take a stand on this destructive trend,"
Gordhan said.
*For more on this and other Fin24 stories, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.