Zondo Commission is a 'necessary path' says Ramaphosa
Updated | By Steve Bhengu
Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded that the ruling ANC has failed to stave off corruption.

He says when the party came into government in 1994 there was much expectation that corruption that had been introduced by the previous apartheid regime would come to an end.
Ramaphosa is testifying before the state capture commission in his capacity as ANC president.
He says even when utterances of Gupta interferences were first made years ago - no one took note to act early enough.
"One of the earliest claims made within the ANC structures with the possibilities that members of the Gupta family may have had an improper role in the functioning of the executive was the statement by Minister Fikile Mbalula at an ANC meeting in 2011."
"To my knowledge, the matter was not taken further by the NEC or in any structure of the organisation. At the time the statement did not prompt any specific concerns about the capture of the state."
During his opening statement earlier, Ramaphosa described the Commission as an instrument to help people understand state capture and confront it.
" The ANC has taken this position knowing that the organisation would put itself in place of great scrutiny. That the process of examining these matters would very likely be difficult and painful for the ANC.
"Nevertheless, the party maintains that this commission is a necessary path of the broader social effort to end all forms of state capture and corruption. Therefore I appear before the commission not to make excuses or to defend the indefensible."

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