{"id":913554,"date":"2022-01-05T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/05\/state-capture-report-over-r15-million-spent-on-paper-during-zondo-commission\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:49:00","slug":"state-capture-report-over-r15-million-spent-on-paper-during-zondo-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/05\/state-capture-report-over-r15-million-spent-on-paper-during-zondo-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"State Capture Report: Over R1,5 million spent on paper during Zondo commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Durban – More than eight million pages of documentary evidence and 75 000 pages of transcribed oral evidence have been printed since the start of the Judicial Commission\u2019s Inquiry into State Capture.<\/p>\n

This, according to part 1 of the Commission\u2019s report, which Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Commission\u2019s first witness took the stand on August 20, 2018, and the last on August 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

With the average price for a ream of paper (500 sheets) at around R90, just over R1,5 million was spent on paper alone, proving the former president Jacob Zuma and his co-conspirators, mainly the Gupta\u2019s, enabled state capture.<\/p>\n

The report also revealed that hearings took place for over 400 days and heard over 300 witness testimonies and 1,438 entities and people were implicated by evidence given before the Commission\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Commission initially had 180 days to prove state capture. It filed for six extensions, which resulted in the inquiry lasting around four and a half years (54 months).<\/p>\n

Part one of the report, an 865-page document, looked into the inner workings of South African Airways (SAA) and its associated companies during the Zuma reign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The report found the state of SAA had declined under the tenure of Dudu Myeni, chairperson of the board at the time. Zondo said despite poor governance at the national airline, Myeni retained her position \u201cwell beyond the point at which she should have been removed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Zuma fled the commission because he knew there were questions that would be put to him which he would not have been able to answer. He could not have justified his insistence that Ms Myeni is retained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose responsible for governance at SAA, SAAT (South African Airways Technical) and SA Express displayed a wanton disregard for these standards. Rather than acting in the entities\u2019 best interests, they were motivated by their own personal interest,\u201d Zondo said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the matter relating to the South African Revenue Service (Sars), Zondo said Zuma and former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane played a \u201ccritical role\u201d in dismantling the country\u2019s revenue collection services. <\/p>\n

He said Moyane attempted to seize control of Sars as if it was his to have, adding that he should be charged with perjury after giving false evidence before Parliament. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sars evidence is a clear example of how the private sector colluded with the executive, including President Zuma, to capture an institution that was highly regarded internationally and render it ineffective.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSars was systemically and deliberately weakened, chiefly through the restructuring of its institutional capacity, strategic appointments and dismissals of key individuals, and a pervasive culture of fear and bullying. It is a clear example of state capture,\u201d ACJ Zondo said. <\/p>\n

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