Join getAbstract to access the summary!
![“They Eat Money”](/summary-img/33494-JJSKA6XK.jpg?h=M&b=0)
Join getAbstract to access the summary!
Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan
“They Eat Money”
How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption
The New York Times, 2018
What's inside?
Endemic corruption plagues post-apartheid South Africa.
Recommendation
South Africa’s peaceful transition to democracy is widely considered a success story, but since the end of apartheid the country has suffered from endemic corruption. New York Times reporters Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan take an in-depth look at a government-sponsored dairy farm project in the impoverished South African town of Vrede that became a symbol for large-scale state corruption. getAbstract recommends their article to those curious about the details of the corruption scandal that contributed to the downfall of former South African president Jacob Zuma.
Summary
About the Authors
Norimitsu Onishi is the Johannesburg bureau chief of The New York Times. Selam Gebrekidan is a New York Times reporter.
Comment on this summary