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Dirk Kotze, Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa

South Africa's state capture commission nears its end after four years. Was it worth it?

President Cyril Ramaphosa testified at the Zondo commission. EFE-EPA/Sumaya Hisham/Pool

South Africa’s judicial commission into state capture, known as the Zondo Commission, recently handed over the fourth part of its voluminous and scathing findings to President Cyril Ramaphosa. As a fact-finding commission, it had to determine if there were facts that were relevant for prosecutorial purposes related to “state capture” and corruption during the reign of former president Jacob Zuma.

The commission was recommended by the former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela in November 2016 to complete her “State of Capture” report. Now at the end of its four-year long investigation, how can the commission be assessed?

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