Cyril Ramaphosa | Together we can ensure state capture never happens again

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Over the coming days and weeks, from hashtags to homes to the halls of Parliament, South Africans from all walks of life will be debating government’s response to the findings and recommendations of the State Capture Commission.

I considered it a significant duty on Saturday, 22 October 2022, to submit to Parliament government’s response to the findings and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.

I made this submission nearly six years to the month after former Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela released her ‘State of Capture’ report, in which she investigated complaints of alleged unethical conduct by several state functionaries and private individuals and companies.

The Public Protector’s report gave rise to the establishment of the judicial commission of inquiry chaired by the then Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.

During four years of public hearings, our nation was saddened, outraged and left in disbelief by