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Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Scorpions 2.0: Can the ANC's plans for an independent agency save its brand?

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A car from the now-disbanded Scorpions.
A car from the now-disbanded Scorpions.
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David Mahlobo told the media these anti-corruption measures were necessary to deal with the trust deficit that has developed between the ANC and citizens, writes Mpumelelo Mkhabela

A decade and a half after the ANC resolved to disband the Scorpions - a respected multi-disciplinary, anti-corruption agency - the governing party wants to make a U-turn.

There is a realisation that a policy blunder was made 15 years ago and the chickens have now come home to roost in their numbers, in the form of declining public confidence in the governing party.

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