President Cyril Ramaphosa vows to have learnt the lessons but many South Africans are not convinced.
An initial report into corruption under President Jacob Zuma in 2016 led to large demonstrations calling for him to resignAfter the damning findings of an inquiry laid bare the looting of billions of dollars from South Africa's state coffers under his predecessor, President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed it should "never [be] allowed to happen again".They are angry that the stolen money should have been spent on supporting the country's beleaguered health service and education system.
It also shows how the wealthy businessmen, the Gupta brothers, tried to influence political and economic decisions in a process known as "state capture". "There was surely enough credible information in the public domain... to at least prompt him to inquire and perhaps act on a number of serious allegations.
This included crippling the country's revenue service, bringing the national carrier South African Airways to its knees, looting the agency that runs the country's passenger railways, and interfering with the public broadcaster, the SABC. To try and cushion the blow to the governing party's tainted reputation, the ANC released a statement, expressing its appreciation to the commission for the work done and said it would engage with its findings and "take steps to address these".
The commission, which began its work in 2018, heard how the Gupta brothers - Ajay, Rajesh and Atul - allegedly orchestrated widespread corruption with Zuma's help.The commission showed how Zuma's son, Duduzane, was the "conduit between the Guptas and government and took part in awarding government contracts to Gupta-linked companies".
When asked if action would be taken against members of his cabinet who have been implicated, he says he will "form a view within four months" and plans would then be presented to parliament."If South Africa is serious about fighting corruption… those who've been implicated [will be] criminally charged and successfully prosecuted, [then] a good enough firewall in the fight against corruption would've been put in place," said Dr Mdletyana.
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