President Cyril Ramaphosa’s affidavit to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has been made public by the chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
He said he had asked President Ramaphosa to be the first leader to submit an affidavit on whether he had any relations with the fugitive Gupta family, their companies, and Bosasa, now known as African Global Operations.
"The president accepted that this was necessary and indicated that he would furnish the commission with an affidavit making such disclosures on his part,” he said.
“He also undertook to encourage ministers and deputy ministers, past and present ones, to cooperate when approached by the commission. I received the affidavit from the president in early July," said Zondo.
The Deputy Chief Justice said that President Ramaphosa has requested that his affidavit be made public so that there will be no speculation about its contents.
He said he had told Ramaphosa that the work of the commission cannot be fully completed without testimonies or statements from government leaders and those in the governing party, the African National Congress (ANC).
Zondo added that former president Jacob Zuma who appeared last week was not the only leader asked to give his side of the story. Zuma complained that it seemed the commission was set up to target him personally.
- African News Agency (ANA)
