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President Cyril Ramaphosa will be on a hot seat at Zondo Commission.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will, for the first time, be compelled to answer under oath questions about his oversight role and alleged participation in state capture during his predecessor’s tenure.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is also expected to, at some point, give evidence as the president of the country and the deputy president during the Jacob Zuma administration.
Ramaphosa’s appearance before commission Chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will be in two-parts.
For the next two days, he will testify as the leader of the governing party and next month, will give evidence as the president of the country and the deputy president during the Jacob Zuma administration.
As ANC president, today and tomorrow, Ramaphosa will among others testify on what happened during his tenure as party deputy president, especially on his role as the Chairperson of the ANC Cadre Deployment Committee between 2013 and 2016.
The committee was responsible for, among others, the selection of public representatives, some of whom are said to be at the centre of the state capture.
While Ramaphosa will be in the hot seat, his detractors are expected to be in the public gallery watching how he answers questions posed to him and hoping to exploit any loopholes they may find.
DA leader John Steenhuisen has announced he will be available for interviews before and after Ramaphosa’s appearance, piling pressure on the president. Steenhuisen said he expected Ramaphosa to be honest about the party’s role during the period of state capture.
In particular, Steenhuisen said he was looking forward to Ramaphosa discussing how the ANC policy of cadre deployment contributed in hollowing out the state into the incapable state it has become.
“I would like Ramaphosa to explain his role as the chairperson of the cadre deployment committee and to acknowledge that appointments he has presided over have been disastrous for the country and that the ANC will end this practice.“
“I would like to understand what the president did, while he was serving as deputy president to former president Jacob Zuma and in his Cabinet, to combat corruption and to stand up against the excesses of the Zuma era and why he protected Zuma at every turn in Parliament,” said Steenhuisen.
Ramaphosa is set to face tough questions from the commission’s evidence leaders and Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo about what he did or did not do when the Gupta brothers allegedly captured the state.