1. Corporations are affected by bad governance but the corporate sector would rather comply than resist. We don’t do politics, they say. But if the ruling party makes demands, they silently comply. Yet they want someone to do something about bad governance bigsr.africa/good-governanc…
2. There are big companies that are known to donate to the ruling party’s political & election campaigns. By doing so, they are investing in repression; enabling bad governance. If you lie down with a dog, you cannot complain that fleas are bothering you.
3. But here’s the thing: despite knowing some of these businesses, we continue to patronise them. The profits they make are donated to the ruling party. When you consider the vicious cycle, we are also indirectly funding and enabling our own repression!
4. Just consider the hotels and other venues that NGOs book for their activities; the media companies in which we advertise or program for a fee; the car hire companies that we use as NGOs, companies, and individuals; the businesses where we print our materials, etc
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