Zondo Commission
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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State, better known as the Zondo Commission or State Capture Commission, is a public inquiry established in January 2018 by former President Jacob Zuma to investigate allegations of state capture, corruption, and fraud in the public sector in South Africa.[2][3]
Date | 21 August 2018 ā 15 June 2022 (2018-08-21 ā 2022-06-15) |
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Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Also known as | Zondo Commission |
Budget | R 1 billion[1] (equivalent to ~US$66 million) |
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Website | www |
By December 2020, the commission had interviewed 278 witnesses and collected 159,109 pages and one exabyte of data as evidence.[4] It received eight extensions to finish its report, with 15 June 2022 being the end of its mandate.[5] The first part of the report was published on 4 January 2022.[6][7] The fifth and final part was published on 22 June 2022.[8] It has cost the state close to R1 billion, far more than any prior South African judicial inquiry.[9]