The Democratic Alliance (DA) has calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to testify before the commission of inquiry into state capture.
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The party believes Ramaphosa should explain why the African National Congress (ANC) allowed state capture to continue for so long.
According to the DA's Chief Whip, John Steenshuisen, testimonies presented before the commission thus far has made it clear that it was not just former president Jacob Zuma, his family and the Gupta family, who was at the centre of the state capture project.
According to the DA's Chief Whip, John Steenshuisen, testimonies presented before the commission has made it clear that it was not just former president Jacob Zuma, his family and the Gupta family who was at the centre of the state capture project.
"It was the entire African National Congress, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, who knew this theft was happening and did nothing to stop it.
"There is no doubt that the state capture project was conceived, nurtured and executed directly under the nose of the ANC national executive, within the Zuma cabinet and in the ANC caucus.
"The ANC majority in Parliament failed to take decisive action for eight years during which the scourge of state capture extended its tentacles over the Union Buildings, Luthuli House, SARS, Hawks, NPA and state-owned entities.
The DA feels that claims by President Ramaphosa and other ANC leaders that they were unaware of what was happening, is insulting to South Africans.
"Ramaphosa's ANC cannot escape complicity in aiding and abetting state capture as their indifference allowed state capture to flourish,” Steenhuisen says.
"State capture is one of the biggest heists ever committed against the South African people. The ANC must be held accountable for their role in this crime and testify before the Zondo commission. South Africans deserve to know the truth."
