Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has applied to court to extend the term of the state capture inquiry, saying if he does not get an extension it would “render useless” the work of the commission so far.
He has also said he is likely to narrow the scope of the commission’s work — to the original parameters set by former public protector Thuli Madonsela in her State of Capture report — and refer the rest to other investigative bodies.
There are as many as 30 state-owned enterprises, along with 29 national departments, 90 or so provincial departments and 200 municipal departments. it would need “probably not less than four years to complete its mandate in terms of its terms of reference.” This would not mean that these issues would not be investigated, said Zondo. “It will only mean that they will be investigated by another forum.”
facts or identifying steps that should be taken on a specific issue. In that sense, the work of a commission is, by its nature, always preliminary.
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