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1、CorruptioninSouthAfrica南非腐败Nkandlainthewind风起NakandlaWhythestringofcorruptionscandalsatthetopissodisquieting高层腐败丑闻的只鳞片爪令人不安Apr12th2014
2、JOHANNESBURG
3、FromtheprinteditionZumasayshe’sspotless南非总统Zuma自称清廉奉公“IAMoftenaskedbypeoplefromIndiaandRussia,‘Whydoyouworry?’”,saysDavidLewis,hea
4、dofCorruptionWatch,aprivatelyfundedwatchdogbasedinJohannesburg.Whyindeed?SouthAfricasitsinthemiddleofinternationalrankingsofcorruption.ItisnotSwedenbutnorisitZimbabwe.Ithasafreeandimpertinentpress.Itsconstitutiongavebirthtobodiesthatcheckandbalancethepowersofgovernment.Anditsju
5、dgesbacktheirfreedomstopoketheexecutiveintheeye.腐败监察是一家位于约翰内斯堡的私人检测机构。其领导DavidLewis说,“总有人,印度人或者俄国人,问我,‘你担心什么’”。有必要吗?南非在国际腐败榜排名居中,既不是瑞典那样清廉,又不比津巴布韦腐败。有自由又莽撞的新闻界,宪法也设立了检审和平衡政府权力的机构,法官更是支持他们给政府上眼药的自由。Indeed,therulingAfricanNationalCongress(ANC)hasbeenchecked-and-balancedrecentlyra
6、thermorethanusual.Thepublicprotector,abodycreatedbytheconstitution,publishedareportlastmonththatchastisedthepresident,JacobZuma,aspartlyresponsibleforthe246mrand($24m)lavishedonhisprivatehomeinNkandla,inKwaZulu-Natal.WhentheDemocraticAlliance,themainoppositionparty,sentatextmes
7、sageto1.5mvoterssayingthepresidentstoleyourmoney,acourtuphelditsrighttodoso;theANCisappealingagainstthejudgment.AnothercourtsaidZwelinzimaVavi,avocalcriticofANCcorruption,shouldbereinstatedasbossofthebiggestunionfederation.事实上,执政的南非非洲人国民大会(非国大)在受到了前所未有的监察和平衡。宪法设立的共和保卫者组织上月发布报告,
8、指责总统JacobZuma应为挥霍在他位于Nkandla(夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省内)的私宅上的2.46亿兰德(2400万美金)负有部分责任。主要反对党民主联盟向150万投票人发送短信,称总统偷窃你的钱,法庭又捍卫他这么做的全力;非国大对这一论断提起诉讼。另一个法庭称ZwelinzimaVavi应当复职为最大工会联合会的首脑。后者曾直言批评非国大腐败。SouthAfricahasplentyofbodiestobeproudofbesideitscourts.Itstreasuryisabastionofrectitude.Therevenueservice
9、istheenvyofrichercountriesforitsabilitytoharvesttax.Thecentralbankrecentlyraiseditsmaininterestrate,despiteaweakeconomy(andageneralelectionnextmonth),toshowitisseriousaboutfulfillingitsmainremitofcontrollinginflation.Thecountry’sbigbanksarewellregulatedandconservative.Itsbigges
10、tfirmsarerespectedmultinationals.Aslongassuchinstituti