Placing a Marxist or Capitalist twist twist tends to exonorate guilty individuals and puts the blame on ideology rather than on the actions of individuals for current problems (1) Arms Deal : Seems Some individuals made a lotof money out of it.
Is it normal practice for elected officials to make money in this way in ALL capitalist countries? If not why are we linking the Arms deal to capitalism instead of dissecting the "real problems" such as dishonest dealing hidden agendas and so on rather than concentrating on some imaginary "ideological basis for corruption/dishonesty" 

(1)ANC elite more concerned with enriching themselves than with enriching the general population consisting mainly of poor people.In my opinion this is a moot point.Surely every single worker in every single country from the lowliest to presidents and CEOs of major companies want to full fil a basic mandate or job description if you will and in so doing earn a living. Corruption is corruption regardless of "worker