Zuma says state capture inquiry will start soon
President Jacob Zuma says he will soon announce when a judicial commission of inquiry into state capture will begin its work.
Zuma had been responding to a question from the Inkatha Freedom Party's Anand Singh in Parliament. Singh said that Parliament was about to scrutinise the so-called Gupta emails, in which senior government officials are implicated.
"Honourable President, Rome is burning, and you Sir, now let me take a hint from your response, some might say appear to be fiddling, and appearing only lukewarm on what are serious allegations of state capture. How will you sir, ensure that radical economic transformation remains untainted by the hands of the state capture elite," said Singh.
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In his response, Zuma said that the claims contained in the State of Capture Report are already being dealt with.
''Some of the aspects of the report have been taken to review, so there has never been quietness. It can't be correct to say that whilst Rome is burning, people are just sitting. The new Public Protector is also attending to that report, and secondly, you say that parliament itself is also discussing the matter, so this important institution is also doing something. So it's not as though Rome is burning, people are just sitting. The President has taken a decision to establish the judiciary commission of inquiry," he said.
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