Steenhuisen: Zondo report proves ANC is ‘destabilising, destructive force’
DA leader John Steenhuisen believes the final state capture report is proof of the destabilising and destructive nature of the ANC.
He was reacting to the final report from the commission of inquiry into state capture which was released on Wednesday evening.
‘This report could not have come at a more critical time as South Africa grapples with the reality that the ANC is, without a shadow of a doubt, the single most destabilising and destructive force to the future of our country and its people,” Steenhuisen said.
“The commission of inquiry into state capture has laid bare the ANC’s transition from liberation movement to champagne socialists, where billionaire cronies and the political elite care less for the plight of the South African people and more for their own, greedy interests.
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“And yet, 9 wasted years later with an estimated loss of R1,5 trillion to corruption, the ANC and its policy of cadre deployment, which facilitated the wholesale capture of the state, remain unchanged and firmly in place.”
The fifth and final state capture report was delivered by chairperson of the commission, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday.
The close to 2000-page report has made several damning findings against former President Jacob Zuma, his son Duduzane and the Gupta brothers.
It has recommended that law enforcement must probe Zuma and Duduzane, who played a role in appointing key individuals across the country’s SOEs.
