The State Capture Commission earlier said the handing over ceremony of the fifth and final instalment of the state capture commission report to President Cyril Ramaphosa will take place on Monday evening at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

The Commission says in a statement that it was unable to submit the report last Wednesday due to certain challenges. The commission of inquiry into state capture then undertook to submit an electronic copy its fifth and final report on Sunday evening, according to Jacaranda News.

The final instalment of the report is expected to include findings of probes into the SABC, the State Security Agency, Passenger Rail of South Africa, and the Estina Dairy scandal, among others.

The commission has been investigating state capture allegations since 2018. It was initially billed to sit for six months but has since asked for several extensions as it tried to get more witnesses to give evidence. Following another extension by the Pretoria High Court, it was then expected to hand over the final part of its report to the President last Wednesday. And Commission Chair, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, said it has been a mammoth task.

“It’s been a grueling four years since the establishment of the commission and three years of that period was the hearing of oral evidence by the commission,” Zondo explained.

SABC News/Ntebo Mokobo