State-capture inquiry awaits rules from Zuma
Judge Zondo cannot start operations before commission’s terms of reference are gazetted
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s hands are tied — he cannot begin his work until President Jacob Zuma sets out the terms of reference for the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture. "The law states who has the authority to deal with the terms of reference. "I will wait for the terms of reference and, once they are given and if they stand and there is no challenge to them, I will work [according] to them," he said. The commission would have to have its regulations gazetted before Zondo could make key appointments to the commission such as a secretary, evidence leaders and investigators. He expected this to happen in the coming days. Zondo hinted that the terms of reference, which have yet to be outlined by Zuma, would have to be informed by former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report, and that the report would have to be "imported" in fixing the terms of reference. Zuma, as well as Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, suggested that the terms of reference should e...
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