The Zondo commission has cost taxpayers over R360 million, according to a parliamentary reply issued in September 2019 and political analyst, Khaya Sithole, has questioned whether all this money has been worth it.
Johannesburg - Following a high court ruling granting the Zondo commission an additional year to complete its work, questions have been raised on whether the commission is an ideal avenue for tackling the state capture issue.
The inquiry was given a wide scope to investigate state capture allegations with the proclamation that was issued by Zuma stating that it should investigate corruption in national, provincial, SOEs and municipalities. Two years later and the commission has cost taxpayers over R360 million, according to a parliamentary reply issued in September 2019.
"One could ask, legitimately, what could have happened if he had taken that amount of money and redirected it to the NPA for instance, which still has to do the job in any case. The problem with the Zondo commission is that it is not going to supersede the role and responsibility of the NPA. The NPA still needs to take over these cases and decide whether to prosecute or not.
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