The ID is under growing pressure to win cases, and do so soon
With a mere two years left in existence and public patience wearing thin, the Investigative Directorate is running out of time to prove itself as a corruption-busting entity worth its mettle. For it and the prosecuting authority to gain any ground in terms of public confidence, they must win cases, and do so soon.
Sceptics will be forgiven for doubting that Zondo will meet the promised mid-July deadline. But for the ID, this should be neither here nor there. Three years ago, Ramaphosa created the ID as a specialist division of the NPA, with a singular goal in mind. The ID’s express purpose was to prosecute crimes associated with state capture, but so far this is yet to bear any fruit.
These triumphs, preliminary steps on a road to bigger cases in which conservation orders on the assets will be sought contingent on successful convictions, are likely to be bittersweet for the former head of the ID, Hermioneskills and funds in the NPA.
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