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Mining in focus The investment attractiveness chart showing the world rankings. office. Another recommendation was that the revenue service needed to be repositioned. “We will act on those recommendations. The criminal justice system will get into action and act against wrongdoing,” he said. Moyane has been replaced by Edward Kieswetter. He was frank about the current state of the country’s key institutions saying that they had [32] MINING MIRROR AUGUST 2019 been weakened and strengthening them would be a lengthy process that required patience. He confidently assured everyone that there would be prosecutions and “some people will end up going to jail and wear orange overalls”. During his tenure as president, Ramaphosa had come under fire for not taking swift action against supposed wrongdoers in government. “Everything has to take place within the parameters of the rule of law and we want our institutions to act without fear or favour or prejudice, and they must do their work. This time around, they will do their work. It will not be like in the past where they were diverted from doing their work.” He pleaded with everyone to allow the processes to take place www.miningmirror.co.za