One of the biggest threats facing democracy in South Africa is corruption, the South African Communist Party (SACP) said on Wednesday.
"Apart from HIV/Aids, joblessness and poverty, the single biggest threat facing our democracy is growing corruption in both the public and private sectors," said SACP president Blade Nzimande in the party's new year message.
"This is a blight to all those honest and hard-working South African citizens whose name is brought into disrepute by the corrupt elements," he said.
Nzimande said a major challenge for 2007 will be to fight against "parasitic capitalism" where access to public office becomes a "stepping stone" to business ventures and government tenders.
"The SACP is extremely concerned about the increasing numbers of public representatives who are also involved in business ... Let our people stand up and expose corruption and parasitic capitalism wherever these rear their ugly heads!"
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