Machine learning and AI is coming for corrupt officials

South Africa has a big problem with corruption in government supply chains. The most salient recent example would be the looting of funds during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically the procurement of personal protective equipment in the Gauteng health department. Mark Heywood correctly asserted in the Daily Maverick that unless we introduce the certainty of punishment for corrupt public officials, we will lose the fight against corruption . The July looting and riots taught us that these events affect our daily lives. They cause job losses and food price increases and are especially hard on the youth sector.