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To Bribe or Not to Bribe

Written by Positivity1 from the blog Crime on 04 Jun 2009
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Bribery is the offer of money, goods, services, information or anything else of value, which is presented with the intent of influencing the actions, opinions, or decisions of the taker.

According to the ISS 2003 National Victims of Crime survey, petty corruption like bribery was the second most prevalent crime in the country after housebreaking. The most commonly paid bribe was for traffic fines, with an astounding 100% of respondents indicating that they had indeed paid the bribe!

Examples of Illegal Bribes/Kickbacks
• Bribing a driving examiner!
• Bribing to get a contract with a certain company!
• Bribing when you are caught speeding on the road!

Have you ever bribed or being bribed in your life blogger and why do you do it or why would you do it!

Have you ever done something like this to a child? What do you call it?

Please note that I don't work for the SAPS, CIA or the Scorpions. Anything you say on this article will not be used as evidence against you in the court of law!

56 Comments

Positivity1
04 Jun 2009 07:09

I'm proud of myself! I managed to post pictures! Yea :) Go Posy, Go Posy, Go Posy heeehee! Yeaaa

Best-Achiever
04 Jun 2009 07:40

Go Posy lol

im not sure how you'd call this ...dont know if it is bribery or whatever.

When im on the road and im stoppd by the traffic police for speeding,

If i can see the name tag and i know the clan of that surname, i just praise the person with their clan, nothing beats that, you'd be forgiven even before you ask and they'll tell you not to do it again, no wonder i know so many clans.

or

i look if he is too serious or he is laughing, well if he is laughing, i apologie with a very valnerable look, play with emtions and alles, it has always worked.

If he is serious, i just break dow and cry in a way that im not even able to talk properly maybe for a minute, they'll be aking me if there is anything wrong? am i rushing home, all sort of questions, and i just node my head and they'll tell me to go but dont speed.

im that good in crying, i can cry anytime i want to or see the need to...LOL

it works for me in the road and hence i havent been giving a ticket by the traffic police, the only tickets i have are those of the cameras

Best-Achiever
04 Jun 2009 07:42

givig =given

Positivity1
04 Jun 2009 07:44

You are stroking their ego ...heeeehehee :) very clever!

Phikza
04 Jun 2009 08:01

im that good in crying, i can cry anytime i want to or see the need to........LOL awunamahloni BA.....lol.........hi, btw

Bribing a driving examiner!...........my friend is starving herself this month only because she saved some money to bribe someone who will be examining her......she's going for a drivers license

awelani
04 Jun 2009 08:05

i have bribed a traffic officer once,, my 1st day of driving(just a month ago), i made an illegal u-turn, when I got to the other side of the road, BAM!! the TO was writing me a R300 fine, gave him a puppy face, tried to cry, but niks, dude wasnt buying it, he mentioned cold-drink, then i gave him R50.00..since then i have been very carefull on the roads, no more bribing for me.

as for my child, i dont know if its bribing, if I tell him to finish his food, so that I can buy him play station or something like dat.

awelani
04 Jun 2009 08:09

and with the driving examiner, ur actually forced to bribe them, no matter how good u r @ driving, u just have to give them a lil something something or they will deliberately fail you...when was getting tested, i did everything by the book both inside and outside the yard, but the stupid woman kept on shouting @ me, telling me i was making mistakes,just trying to make me feel like I MUST pay her, which i did BTW or else i wud have still been trying to get my licence.

TerryN
04 Jun 2009 08:24

If he is serious, i just break dow and cry in a way that im not even able to talk properly maybe for a minute, they'll be aking me if there is anything wrong? am i rushing home, all sort of questions, and i just node my head and they'll tell me to go but dont speed.

LMAO @ Best Achiever...
That is one hell of an act....
Noted...i'll pull it in future!

Best-Achiever
04 Jun 2009 08:25

Phikza... why should i, akere im not doing anything wrong, just pouring out salty water through MY eyes....lol

as for my child, i dont know if its bribing, if I tell him to finish his food, so that I can buy him play station or something like dat.

@awelani, try that to my nephew you'd be very dissappointed, we tried too many times to tell him to finish his food and we will get him whatever toy he want at that time and lil boy will tell you that "i'll take so and so's toy at school if you dont want to buy me my own" and he is only 4 ....tl tl tl tl tl

Best-Achiever
04 Jun 2009 08:27

try it Tazzy, it works even to those Bheki Cele's traffic cops ...LOL

awelani
04 Jun 2009 08:27

lol @ your nephew BA, he's already bully @ 4.

awelani
04 Jun 2009 08:29

Doesn it really work BA?? i mean the crying, i must try it next time, maybe i must also carry vicks/eye drops with me "just in case",lol

Mathaz
04 Jun 2009 08:33

i did everything by the book both inside and outside the yard, but the stupid woman kept on shouting @ me, telling me i was making mistakes

They want to justify their bribery, also had to bribe my examiner and i was not impressed because i knew i made no mistake.

Best-Achiever
04 Jun 2009 08:34

lol @ your nephew BA, he's already bully @ 4.

Bully No, he is a survivor, his mother passed on when he just turned 3, while her mother was going in and out of hospital, he has to learn to survive on his own because his peers(lol) had their mother to stand up for them and yena he didnt, that's when he learnt to be manipulative/whatever you call it, that's the same reason we took him home....

Doesn it really work BA?? i mean the crying.

it works awelani, everytime or im just good...lol, you must real be a good crier, nna i can cry you a river(miss you The Lady) within a minute...LOL

Positivity1
04 Jun 2009 08:38

"i'll take so and so's toy at school if you dont want to buy me my own" and he is only 4 ....tl tl tl tl tl >>> heebathong you niece BA. I mean really now at four, iyhoo you guys are in serious trouble!

awelani
04 Jun 2009 08:42

MAthaz, i was also not impressed shem, but had to pay. and the guy wako driving school was the 1 who told me to bring "imali yokuncenga", just in case and loyo just in case never happened, i thot maybe they wud lower the money a bit , but NOOOO, i still had to pay 2k, NX NX NX!!!!!

Toxic
04 Jun 2009 08:55

I bribe my child....almost everday!

ms.tebby
04 Jun 2009 09:00

....i just break dow and cry in a way that im not even able to talk properly maybe for a minute, they'll be aking me if there is anything wrong?>>>>LMAO tl tl tl tl tl but works for me all the time, i have never paid any ticket, in my 5 yrs of driving - crying works for me.(ofcoz its all an act & im very good at all) but these days i am trying to be very careful

belz
04 Jun 2009 09:04

kunini ngibriba, its one of the things that will keep me away from seeing umbuso wezulu. i cant cry, even when there is a need to sometimes nje inyembezi aziphumi, traffic cops nje i jsut say im sorry i wont do it again, or i act as if i dont care whether they giv eme a ticket then they will tell me how much they want.

maud
04 Jun 2009 09:05

bribing a child, i think thats what i am living for, 24 hrs.

Cande
04 Jun 2009 09:11

I have bribed ONLY at the traffic department, Awelani you are forgetting that you bribed too.lol

Amza
04 Jun 2009 09:15

I also bribe my 12 year old who refuses to do anything without a valid reason (so he calls it)

Positivity1
04 Jun 2009 09:16

Kunini ngibriba, its one of the things that will keep me away from seeing umbuso wezulu. >>> *eish

zozoe
04 Jun 2009 09:39

people i am going for my drivers Licence test next month and almost every person i asked how they got to pass, they tell me bribery and nna i hate bribes.

I always help my bro to bribe when he messed up and i hate ( i remember early this year he stabbed somebody and that person wanted few rands so he cannot go to open a case) haai nxa nxa

TheLady
04 Jun 2009 09:43

I bribe traffic cops too-for speed usually-I don't cry-just stare at them until they ask for something.

I only cry when I'm drunk and driving...come now I cannot spend a night in the cell. My car has KZN reg numbers-so I just cry when I'm approaching them give them my story

"Please show me the N3-I came to visit my boyfriend, and his other girlfriend pitched and he showed me the door" Now I'm getting lost, where's the N3? I just wanna go home."

It works everytime LOL

Cande
04 Jun 2009 09:43

Zozoe, the chances of you getting it the right way are 0-10%, so you better have bribery money. its difficult to get a date this days so you dont wanna waste yours

belz
04 Jun 2009 09:44

LOL, yho zozoe, where did he stab the person, i mean the part of the body, and how does he know that once the money is finished he wont open a case?

dali
04 Jun 2009 09:49

lmao @ TL

cleve
04 Jun 2009 09:52

I also bribe my 12 year old who refuses to do anything without a valid reason (so he calls

Like he would know what a valid reason is.......................

LOL @ BA's nephew

I bribe my child with anything and everything to get them ears working. But luckily he is a good eater so everytime he finishes his food everyone in the house has to clap for him and tell him what a BIG BOY he is.

I once bribed a traffic officer by giving him my numbers, because I was driving without a licence and he was threatening to take me to jail. The tears just came streaming down my face and after that I made sure that I get my licence. When the guy called I was so cruel and he never called again.............. LOL

TheLady
04 Jun 2009 09:56

"I once bribed a traffic officer by giving him my numbers" Oh me too-I hated every minute of speaking to him-he gave up coz I'd just keep quiet.

Positivity1
04 Jun 2009 10:02

"Please show me the N3-I came to visit my boyfriend, and his other girlfriend pitched and he showed me the door" Now I'm getting lost, where's the N3? I just wanna go home." It works everytime LOL>>> I'm also conviced of your story!

Amza
04 Jun 2009 10:09

Okay guys...sorry to go off the topic, but I have just been to the Gen blog and I must say somebody needs to get rid of this person called Dangerous Woman, dirty language and insults are unacceptable....

Is this what tvsa is becoming..I have been enjoying this site since the day I signed in and I must say that I have never come across anything like this...it is disgusting.

Well obviosuly she is gonna come after me now huhh...I am waiting

belz
04 Jun 2009 10:10

LOL!!!!!!! @ the N3 Story. LOL!!!

zozoe
04 Jun 2009 10:10

Eish maar Cande i think its really unfair, anyway but yho ke tlhoile bribe my God

Belz he stabbed him the neck and ear( he nearly cut his ear lol) he realy hurt him,
i think he wont open case coz it was on february

felfel
04 Jun 2009 10:11

Just got emailed a copy of Act Like A Lady and Think Like a Man, anyone interested can PM me ur email addresses and i'll gladly share, just doin my bit for community service,lol

zozoe
04 Jun 2009 10:16

@Amza sorry to hear that but i think somebody will take care of her

belz
04 Jun 2009 10:16

LOL @ community service, i got my copy a while back, thanks to connected friends. zozoe, why is your brother stabbing people, lol, eish htese children of today.

cleve
04 Jun 2009 10:19

@ The Lady, it's a good story............... LOL!!!!!!!!!!

zozoe
04 Jun 2009 10:20

he was drunk

mana melita
04 Jun 2009 10:42

I was caught driving without a drivers license in 2006 June 16 wearing school uniform. when the TO approached and asked for license I told him how cute he is like I always do and get away with.But this one was different he called his colleagues (woman) to come and hear what this girl is saying. they were so furious that they told me to sit on the passenger's sit a TO drove my car to the Police Station.

They couldn't listen to anything anyone said they just wanted me behind bars imagine on june 16. I called my friends and family everybody was the about 15people babuza lama TO ukuthi bafuna malini ukuthi bangiyeke I'm telling you those guys were very difficult. the police officer took the statement and the finger prints then he told me to wait for the investigating officer. You know the TOs wanted me to wait in the cell. Fortunately the PO was very understanding immediately the left he said I can sit at the charge office.

the Investigating Officer only arrived around 7h00 and guys that time ziyawa ekasi and mina ngifahlakile(arrested) since ngabo2pm. The IO just asked for cold drink I gave him R100 then he took me home and the case was dismessed the next day at the magistrate court uIO usakhala namanje ukuthi mina ngiyancintshana ngekxkx lami because he thought that sizojola. sorry guys for the long story.

nice
04 Jun 2009 10:56

Oh God knows how much I hate to admit this but I had to bribe for my licence, it was the second time that I was going for it and I did everything by the book. But the driving school instructor told me that even though I am a good driver, I will NEVER get my licence in Alberton unless I pay a bribe! It was the first and last time I did something like that. I dont even know how he got the money but I gave it to the instructor and he had to pass it on, and even though I did not give the instructor the money personally it still felt wrong.

I have not been on the wrong side of the law so I have not had to cry for speeding like BA, but I think I will use the TL's story about the boyfriend. It will earn me some sympathy............but how would you handle women TO people, I can imagine that they cant be easy as men in terms of sympathy

myname
04 Jun 2009 11:02

When u have a kid i think its a must be 2 bribe, trust me. They will neva listen unless u promise them something.............My son is lyk BA's nephew. He is so bully sana.

Guys i dont have licence nam & vele i will do it cos all of my freinds who have it bayenzile. I will save 4 yona late this year.

Maar guys, Why Protea driving school is so expensive so? Haibo!

Happy Thursday!

blueroze
04 Jun 2009 11:23

Maar guys, Why Protea driving school is so expensive so? Haibo! mynane if you need a license in a month's time pass guarrateed...pm me now that is if you are in pretoria i got mine on tuesday

Cande
04 Jun 2009 11:36

i feel you myname, and they expect you to take zillion lessons from them, hire their car, pay for transport to go book & go test(probably in Edenvale or somewhere far, and then expect you to pay 3.5K for bribe.

awelani
04 Jun 2009 11:48

lol & TL, tl tl tl, i think I will use the same story too.

Cande, ukhuluma ngani manje?? u toking about me buying a licence which turned out to be fake?? lol

Myname, u have to PAYY a lot to get ur licence, and Y r u going to driving scholls in protea while u stay in pta??

Heartsbreaker
04 Jun 2009 12:03

Tjooo! you guys are scaring me......ngiyo tester next month *i'm shaking already* i've never bribed anyone before in my life and it scares me that it might happen next month. Ooh Nkosi yami........Cande 3.5K for ibribe, there comes starving for the rest of the year.

Actually this reminds me of a friend of my friend who were to test and had already spoken to someone to talk with TO, only to find that the TO is a white guy,and i hear that whites don't take bribes.....that was so unfortunate of her cos she failed the test and came back with the moola....

myname
04 Jun 2009 12:10

Blueroze even if i dont have learners?

Myname, u have to PAYY a lot to get ur licence, and Y r u going to driving scholls in protea while u stay in pta??

Babes i went there 2 find out about the fees & they gave me a pamplet & she also told that i will have to pay 6 hundred & something 4 learners whereaas i know i learners is the most cheap 1.

Cande i know dear, they told me that crap & i was like HUH!!!!!

zozoe
04 Jun 2009 12:19

Maar people can you all see gore we all suffer the licence bribe, haai, tjo Mr JZ do something

makgotso
04 Jun 2009 13:04

Thank God I took my licence long time ago KwaZulu didn't have to go through ibribery ngoba I just hate it. If I can't talk my way out to the fine it's okay I jusy pay it. Iyoooo uMetro uberich ngami last year at least this year I'm striving to be a law abiding citizen.

sweetie my baby
04 Jun 2009 15:08

can i just say i am beyond impressed at BA for pulling out the original african charm and praising people by their clan names to avoid fines - you're my damn (s)hero girl!!! WOW!!!

if i were a cop, i would also be stupidly impressed, and let you go quickstyle- people would find me grinning like a fool a full three days later, just on the memory of those praise songs from the amazing BA...

again....wow!!!

myname
04 Jun 2009 16:36

Blueroze i have been sending u PM's (at blueroze@tvsa.co.za) but they r not going plz email me at myname@tvsa.co.za PLZ

Thanks.

LM
04 Jun 2009 19:27

Shoooowi,so much 4 bribe???nna i paid about R250 in 2002 n i got my licence the day my learners was to expire. Yah those were the days when driving lessons were still R20 per session.

Cande
05 Jun 2009 13:38

only to find that the TO is a white guy,and i hear that whites don't take bribes....>>>>> Not all of them, those are the people who are not scared to take bribes coz they know they will never be suspected

TheLady
05 Jun 2009 13:42

I bribed a white TO for my Licence-R500 yonke...kwakuyibhunu worse..you give the money to the instructor-the instructor pays the testing officer.

myname
05 Jun 2009 14:33

I wish i were u LM. Imagine R20 per session, u lucky fish!

Luksta
05 Jun 2009 15:49

You guys know that the instructors don't give the TOs the money, right?

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