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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been replaced by Edward Kieswetter.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
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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
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