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How to break the corruption chain, with Xavier Bapoo, Stefan Grobler and Mike Bolhuis

How to break the corruption chain, with Xavier Bapoo, Stefan Grobler and Mike Bolhuis

Update: 2025-10-30
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What does it really take to root out corruption in South Africa?

Stand-in host Xavier Bapoo speaks to former South African Police Service

(SAPS) Anti-Corruption Unit head Stefan Grobler and specialist

investigator Mike Bolhuis about the deep-seated culture of corruption

exposed by the Madlanga Commission. This conversation lays bare the

forces eroding accountability, looking at political interference, the

dismantling of anti-corruption structures to the risks faced by

investigators on the front lines, exploring what it will take to rebuild

integrity and justice in South Africa’s institutions, and more. The Burning Platform
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How to break the corruption chain, with Xavier Bapoo, Stefan Grobler and Mike Bolhuis

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