EFF Disgruntled by Loss of Evidence Database from the Zondo Commission

Akani Nkuna

THE EFF has said the loss of evidence database from the Zondo Commission of Inquiry is a disgraceful management and unacceptable considering that R1 billion of taxpayers’ money was spent on the Zondo Commission.

Reports have recently emerged that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCOD) has lost the digital evidence gathered during the Zondo Commission of Enquiry into State Capture, due to lack of maintenance on the servers in which the data was stored.

The loss of records further derail the National Prosecuting Authority’s endeavour to bring to book the corrupt individuals implicated in State Capture.

The EFF and Chief Justice Raymond Zondo who headed the Commission have over the year’s butted heads over what the EFF has characterised as “Zondo’s attributes to descend into the political arena’’, saying that it robs him of the judicial principles impartiality which his office demands.

The EFF believes that