In the opinion pages today, what happens now that the Zondo Commission’s work has finally come to an end? The final report shows that former president Jacob Zuma used the state security branches for his own will, and ordinary South Africans must defend the work of the commission and chief justice Raymond Zondo from his detractors.
Life after Zondo: What happens next? – News24 (for subscribers)
Carol Paton asks what comes after the release of the Zondo Commission report into state capture? Paton argues that President Ramaphosa must act with haste to draw a line under the past and move forward swiftly into a better future.
Paton writes that Ramaphosa should act against those implicated in the multi-volume report and while the ANC members that were named in the report will appear before the party’s integrity commission they will not step aside unless criminally charged.
But Paton argues that with the ANC elective conference mere months away no one will be surprised if Ramaphosa puts his re-election hopes ahead of the good of the country. What is more likely is that the president will choose the path of least resistance and fail to move against those that willingly enabled the looting of the state. Read more here.
The Zondo report proves the state was a cash cow for thieves – Sunday Times Daily (for subscribers)
Justice Malala writes that Jacob Zuma and his “cronies” used the state as their personal cash cow and leveraged the country’s state security agencies to spy on anyone Zuma deemed to be an enemy or threat to his power.
Malala argues that the latest volumes of the state capture report illustrate clearly how Zuma operated more like a mob boss than a president by spying on journalists, politicians, high-ranking officials, and even members of his own family. Read more here.
SA must defend Zondo’s report so that the judiciary can stay intact – The Citizen (for subscribers)
Sydney Majoko argues that citizens need to ensure that chief justice Raymond Zondo and the state capture report are protected and defended against those who seek to attack the head of the court and the report.
Majoko writes that under normal circumstances the handover of the final volumes of the Zondo Commission report to President Ramaphosa last week would have been celebrated but instead, rumours ran amok that the chief justice and the president were in cahoots and colluded about the state capture report. Read more here.
Here’s what else we’re reading today:
A bitter pill it is, but there are sound reasons for giving amnesty to alleged State Capture wrongdoers – Daily Maverick
ANDILE NTINGI: Time to reconsider SA’s inflation targeting model – Business Day
Qaanitah Hunter | Our collective resilience will get us up tomorrow, but today I am overwhelmed – News24 (for subscribers)
TOM EATON | There are the old idiots and the new ones, and there’s Gwede on the fence – Sunday Times Daily (for subscribers)
CLAIRE BISSEKER: Inflation surf is up, but don’t bet on a smooth wave to ride – Business Day (for subscribers)
Mandy Wiener | Held ransom: Why labour disputes, political delays are to blame for load shedding – News24 (for subscribers)
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