Ramaphosa has to do one thing and one thing only: let the axe of the law enforcement agencies fall wherever malfeasance has been identified and proved, writes justicemalala.
Acting Chief Justice and chair of the commission Raymond Zondo hands over part 1 of the report to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Picture: THULANI MBELE
The report’s release should not be accompanied by overly long consultation sessions or reflections. Criminal charges should not wait for June, when the president is due to address Parliament on how the report’s findings will be implemented. That is not what a desperate nation wants. It’s not just SAA that was corrupt. The commission found that state capture “thrived” at state-owned enterprises and government departments. It particularly lists corrupt contracts between the Gupta newspaper The New Age’s breakfasts and subscription deals with Transnet, Eskom and SAA.
The opportunity to shine is not just Ramaphosa’s, a man whose greatest contribution to our country now would be to let justice run its course. The chance for law enforcement agencies to emerge from years of the shame of state capture is real and should be grabbed with both hands by their leaders. There has been much criticism of National Prosecuting Authority head Shamila Batohi, for example.
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