Analyst Mike Law says the recommendation that Parliament change the Constitution for the direct election of the president was a 'soft' suggestion from Zondo and not a direct instruction.
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said while he is not opposed to the launch of another inquiry into Prasa, he believed state capture is not behind the challenges faced in the country.
Commission chairperson Raymond Zondo has been showered with praise for his handling of the judicial inquiry into state capture with his work heralded as meticulous by various quarters in society including business forums lobby groups labour and several political parties.
Commission chairperson Raymond Zondo handed the last part of the state capture report to President Cyril Ramaphosa this week.
In a statement, the office said it had requested that Ramaphosa and Parliament submit implementation reports 'periodically'.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has recommended that the country’s Constitution be changed to allow for the president to be directly elected.
The Presidency said the country must wait for four months before he announces his intentions about what to do regarding all the state capture commission findings.
The ruling party had previously admitted to the commission that its own weaknesses may have enabled state capture.
In case you missed it here is an Eyewitness News collation of some of the most important things to come out of the much-anticipated final instalment of the state capture report.
The commission’s report tears apart the irregular contract between the SABC and _TNA_, which it said unlawfully benefitted the Gupta-owned business.
It’s also shows he lied when quizzed on the work of the high-level review panel on the State Security Agency (SSA).
In the commission’s final report, published on Wednesday night, it found that the disastrous deal had happened as a result of Ace Magashule’s pursuit of the Guptas’ agenda.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said in his final report that accusations against banks that closed Gupta accounts was 'entirely unjustified'.
It, however, conceded in the final report published on Wednesday night that the amount did not represent the full loss suffered by the state as a result of the Gupta-related capture.
In the state capture commission of inquiry’s fifth report released on Wednesday night, Zondo said that despite the extensive evidence he'd heard about the rot at the state rail service during the public hearings, he still felt that there was much to be uncovered.
It said the party’s internal systems had not been effective in holding members to account.
This is just one of the far-reaching recommendations contained in volumes five and six of the final report of the State Capture commission of inquiry that he chaired.
The final part of the report has been released and the Chief Justice says the recommendations need to be followed.
