‘It is disappointing’: Zondo says State Capture commission recommendations remain unimplemented

“Evidence was given, and people who were involved or alleged to be involved in wrongdoing, in corruption, in theft of public money were identified; they were given a chance to respond; they came and responded, the commission made its own findings – a number of those people nothing happened to them, and the excuse was well they cannot be removed from their positions because the law enforcement agencies have not charged them,” he said.“It is disappointing to see that when you look at the fact that we had the commission that I was honoured to lead and all South Africans heard and watched on TV, over three years, four years a harrowing evidence of wrongdoing that was happening and that had happened and that the commission made recommendations, and among others, the establishment of institutions or mechanisms that would help to prevent wrongdoing of the kind that was happening that was investigated by the commission being repeated,” he said.

Former Constitutional Court Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says he is disappointed that the recommendations of the commission he chaired, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State have not been fully implemented.