If you have anything to say, please come forward
Since the Zondo Commission of Inquiry started there are some worrying events that have occurred.
It must be noted though that the deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo has invited almost everyone to come forward and give evidence.
However, the ANC’s reaction to former public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan’s testimony that former president Jacob
Zuma interfered with the work of the boards of stateowned entities is regrettable.
If the ANC feels that
Hogan has wrongfully accused Zuma they must come forward and give their side of the story.
Issuing lambasting statements against anybody who is giving testimony distracts the work of the inquiry and amounts to intimidation.
Zuma is on record arguing that the commission should not have been established yet he is the one who established it in the first place.
He was even quoted saying no one has ever implicated him in state capture, yet the commission has not completed its work. It’s too early to pre-empt the findings or recommendations of the commission.
The EFF has also been making serious posturing and threats to transport minister Blade Nzimande and former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene. If the EFF knows something that they think is of national interest they must make their submissions to the commission.
The shenanigans undermine the work of the commission.
Rofhiwa Phaswana By email