Digging too deep: A journalist�s worst nightmare
Friday, March 06, 2015
This a 2014 American crime thriller based on the book of the same title by Nick Schou and the book Dark Alliance by Gary Webb.
In this thriller we see action man Jeremy Renner play a slower role as Gary Webb, an investigative reporter for a small time newspaper.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...