‘Another significant step’: Ramaphosa on receiving second Zondo report

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the handover of the State Capture Commission’s second report is yet another indication of progress made in his administration’s battle against widespread corruption.

The Presidency’s Director-General Phindile Baleni was handed the report by the Commission’s secretary, Prof Itumeleng Mosala at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday, 1 February 2022.

The Commission’s Chairperson, Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, handed Ramaphosa the first part of the report earlier in January. The report centred on the South African Revenue Service, SAA and the Guptas’ New Age newspaper.

“As required by a ruling of the Gauteng High Court on 28 December 2021, the President will submit the Commission report to Parliament by 30 June 2022 with an indication of his intentions with regards to implementation of the Commission’s recommendations,” the Presidency said.

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President Ramaphosa on second State Capture report

The latest report handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa focuses on grand looting at Denel and Transnet. Like other state-owned entities, the arms manufacturer and freight agency’s affairs have been greatly characterised by misgovernance, corruption and other forms of wrongdoing that South Africans have become too familiar with.

“The handover of the second part of the report of the Commission of Inquiry is another significant step forward in the work we need to do to rid our country of corruption,” Ramaphosa says.

The report is 646 pages long and can be accessed on The Presidency’s website. Several people whose names featured prominently at the Commission, including former Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba, former Transnet group CEOs Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, as well asformer Transnet CFO Anoj Singh.

The third and final part of the report is due to be submitted to the President by 28 February 2022.

“During the course of the past four years the Commission has constructed a disturbing picture of the depth and damage of state capture. We should now apply our energies to the Commission’s recommendations and take the necessary steps to make sure we never face this onslaught on public resources and on the fabric of our society.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa

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