White-collar crime in South Africa

Yianoula W.

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White-collar crime, South Africa, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, blue-collar crime, Jacob Zuma, tax evasion, Arms deal, NPA national prosecuting authority, Shabir Shaik

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White-collar crime is nonviolent crime that is committed by a person in order of financial gain. This specific type of crime is seen as nonviolent as people are not generally hurt in the process. Everything is more secretive and doesn't involve many people. The risks are seen as minimal and nearly non-existent. In certain cases of white-collar crime, employees around those who were committing the crime, were very well aware of what was going on, yet they still decided not to act and help stop it.

White-collar crime in South Africa
1. Jacob Zuma the president
2. The Arms deal
3. Trial on Shaik
4. Pictures of Zuma in court
Statistics
1. South Africa's economical crime compared to the rest of the world
2. The common types of corruption in South Africa

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[...] Statistics South Africa's economical crime compared to the rest of the world South Africa's economic crime rate is 60% and the average around the world is 47% The common types of corruption in South Africa The types of corruption that take place in South Africa and their percentages: We can see there are lots of different types of corruption that take place in South Africa. Fraud takes up quite a large piece of the chart here. Conclusion The NPA pulling out of the first trial already makes us as South Africans question why they would do that. They had gathered enough information at the time for Jacob to have been charged. [...]

[...] Once again, the charges were set aside. Thabo Mbeki was very upset about the charges being overthrown again, and this led to a rivalry between Jacob and Mbeki. The ANC had then demanded Thabo Mbeki to resign from ANC. The Pretoria high court had come out stating that the NPA's decision to drop the charges was irrational. A month after Zuma's resignation as president, the NPA then announced that Zuma would again face prosecution. Zuma had appeared in court on the 6[th] of April 2018, but the later trials had been delayed due to the start of COVID-19 in the country. [...]

[...] Zuma was then also chosen to become the president of South Africa. With several rumours regarding fraud and corruption, I personally think that Zuma was unfit to be the president. The presidency is not something to be chosen lightly and putting someone on top of the country, with several allegations against them, should not be accepted. Personally, I disagree with how the court and the NPA delt with the trial. The court went about the trial at a snail's pace. [...]

[...] The Arms Deal Jacob Zuma was faced with charges relating to corruption in the 1999 Arms deal. There are 783 payments that were bribes from businessman Schabir Shaik and French arms company Thales. This means that there is proof of payments made to Zuma. There is not only 1 sign of proof, but there are 783 payments made as proof of his participation with the 1999 Arm deal. In 2005, the court had convicted Shaik of making annual payments of R to Zuma, relating the 1999 Arms deal, and these payments were made on behalf of Thales. [...]

[...] Two counts for corruption and one count for fraud. Shaik had made secret payments to Zuma between 1995 and 2002. Shaik had paid a total of R1.28 million, through his companies or directly from himself to Zuma. Shaik was aware that Zuma would not be able to pay him back. Rumours surround the reason as to why Shaik was paying Zuma, but we are led to believe that the payments were made in anticipation of a business-related benefit that Zuma could deliver through his connections and political status. [...]

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