Verbal Agreements

Recently I met with a prominent minister who had exited a ministry on verbal agreements. These agreements involved millions of rands, and operations in several countries. For the sake of oneself, and for the sake of the sheep, one dare not do this in ministry -- nor enter a ministry in this way. The same applies for agreements that are part on paper, part verbal -- perhaps all the more so. And if on paper, make sure you have the paper. There are charming people who will not hesitate to desecrate such agreements to the core, and the danger is all the greater in ministry, where one habitually operates on trust, and where unscrupulous people know it.