Zondo slams Parliament’s lack of action on state capture
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says he has little faith in Parliament's ability to prevent a repeat of state capture.
He spoke at a Thursday Human Sciences Research Council event in Pretoria, discussing the State Capture Commission.
Thursday marks exactly one year since Zondo, who chaired the inquiry, handed the final parts of the report to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The Chief Justice says Parliament failed to take steps to ensure state capture was exposed before the looting of around R58 billion from the state's coffers.
"The reason why it failed is well-known. It is because the majority party refused to agree to the establishment of an inquiry to investigate the allegations.
"There were a number of instances where there was an opportunity for the majority party in Parliament to agree, but it did not and therefore, the Guptas continued with their project and the transactions that happened afterwards happened because there were not talked about by Parliament."
