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And the Speaker has the (interim) report for safekeeping.
"The only reason we can't release the State Capture report is because we couldn't secure enough interviews with the witnesses necessary," she says.
She says they could only secure one interview in the last week.
News24She says that despite not having an interdict, it is good practice not to go ahead with the release of the report while an interdict must still be heard.
More info?Mmm. So Chris Stals had copies of interesting docs...
All she said was that she interviewed Stals and he told her about docs at Treasury and RBSA. She asked these orgs for the docs but they were not forthcoming. Eventually Stals gave her copies.More info?
So the only reason she couldn't release the report was that they never had enough interviews. The interdict was a delay tactic issue but never prevented release then?
So why didn't she release what she had then?
Haven't seen that report, so I guess I could be mistaken then.
All she said was that she interviewed Stals and he told her about docs at Treasury and RBSA. She asked these orgs for the docs but they were not forthcoming. Eventually Stals gave her copies.
So what happens now ?![]()
Her report will not be released. Zuma and co, will now keep political parties tangled up in court cases the next few years in the High Court, then the Appeals Court, then naturally to the Constitutional Court.
This will give Zuma and the Guptas the 3 years they need to prepare for the 2019 election and ensuring Zuma stays in power.