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TOBY SHAPSHAK: Biting corruption with a zillion bytes
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The Zondo commission report shows how digitalisation can be a game-changer for accountability and information, writes shapshak.

The Zondo commission says the evidence it has gathered over four years amounts to one petabyte of data. That’s the equivalent of 250,000 movies — at least one of which must be Tom Moyane fancying himself as starring in Rambo: Last Taxpayer Blood.

The first instalment of the Zondo report landed via WhatsApp moments after it was handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa, which must be a record of some kind...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

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