State-capture inquiry first sitting on August 20 and may be extended to two years
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says the commission will be led by the evidence and that the extension, if confirmed in October, is a great ‘relief’
The first hearings in the state-capture inquiry will be in August, while the first notices to implicated individuals will be sent out on Monday, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo announced on Friday."I am happy to announce that this commission will be sitting and have its first hearing on August 20. At this stage, we contemplate that the hearings will take no less than three weeks, but there is a chance they could take longer than that," Zondo said in a media briefing in Johannesburg on Friday. He said the first hearings could take up to six weeks.Zondo said the commission would be guided by the evidence, and that there may be a break or adjournment in the proceedings, after which an announcement will be made about when the commission would be sitting again. He said there would probably be another hearing before the end of the year, which could continue early next year.The state-capture inquiry was given an extension by the High Court in Pretoria to 24 months from March, as long as...
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