The government may say that the responsible officers have been dealt with privately, but that won’t be good enough because to do so sends a different signal: that even when things have gone wrong, the dignity (by now proven undeserved) of senior men and women must be preserved at all cost. They cannot be shamed in public. This itself feeds the notion that the ruling class is a class unto itself; untouchable by ordinary citizens. They may be held to account by their peers, but they shall not be disgraced in the eyes of the hoi polloi. Full story
OPINION: Auditor-General's report goes into black hole
The government may say that the responsible officers have been dealt with privately, but that won’t be good enough because to do so sends a different signal: that even when things have gone wrong, the dignity (by now proven undeserved) of senior men and women must be preserved at all cost. They cannot be shamed in public. This itself feeds the notion that the ruling class is a class unto itself; untouchable by ordinary citizens. They may be held to account by their peers, but they shall not be disgraced in the eyes of the hoi polloi. Full story
