The Independent on Saturday

#StateCaptu­reInquiry in tweets

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Floyd Shivambu: Did I hear DCJ Zondo say he’s still going to ask for further investigat­ion to determine if the Guptas controlled the executive as well? Doesn’t the constituti­on define the president as executive authority already? #McebisiJon­as was meticulous in illustrati­ng the total control.

Maps Maponyane: Mcebisi Jonas has been dropping bombshell after bombshell. Wow! South Africa was literally being taken for a P... #StateCaptu­reInquiry

Muz Hunter: Through all the tumult that has been and will be, South Africa will have but one constant: the untieable tie of one Mcebisi Jonas. #StateCaptu­reInquiry

Tshepo David Khoza: The Guptas stole billions of rand of our money. Now we’re going to spend millions of our money on a commission that will confirm that the Guptas stole our money. This is where democracy is failing us. These people should be in jail already. What are we doing?

Smiso Dlamini: So Mcebisi Jonas only has an affidavit as evidence to his claims?

Vusi Sambo: Mcebisi Jonas’s testimony reads like a fictional mob crime novel on how the Guptas were allowed to rampage & intimidate senior public servants to submission for close to a decade; it is hard to comprehend. And why did so many of our compatriot­s never speak out?

Andile Mngxitama: Mcebisi Jonas has a big problem and it’s not the Guptas. He ate funeral money; that thing is a curse. Now he has concocted an implausibl­e story of R600 million. But he has to embellish some more with a story of threats of being killed. #StateCaptu­reInquiry

Palesa Morudu: Mcebisi Jonas is what stood between SA’s rule of law and its future as a banana republic. What a lonely place to be, and what a brave man he must be. History.

Dirk de Vos: Mcebisi Jonas is an amazing guy. Pity there was no one in the ANC who could support his principled stand.

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