Oct 6, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
South Africa has clawed back tens of billions of rands from corrupt officials and connected insiders — but the institutions doing the work are severely underfunded and owed over R1 billion by the very…
Zimasa VabazaHost
The State Capture Commission, led by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, started its work in 2018.
It named one thousand four hundred and thirty-eight people from across government and business as implicated in corruption.
The cost was one billion rand for the entire thing, and the final report it produced has become one of the most important accountability documents in recent South African history, probably ever.
What's important to also note here is that that one billion rand was kind of seen as an investment, and it was returned.
By March of 2025, money and assets recovered directly linked to the commission's work had grown from two point nine billion rand in October of '22 to eleven billion rand.
President Cyril Ramaphosa's office confirmed this, with the presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya saying directly, "Eleven billion rand is now in the fiscus coming out of that work." Eight new laws have been passed dealing with corruption, government buying processes, intelligence, and how companies are held responsible.
Eleven more cases involving fifty-one people and twenty-seven companies are currently still in courts.
Consulting firm Bain and Company has been banned for ten years from doing any work with the South African government, a ban that they are currently still fighting in court.
The State Capture Commission, led by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, started its work in 2018.
It named one thousand four hundred and thirty-eight people from across government and business as implicated in corruption.
The cost was one billion rand for the entire thing, and the final report it produced has become one of the most important accountability documents in recent South African history, probably ever.
What's important to also note here is that that one billion rand was kind of seen as an investment, and it was returned.
By March of 2025, money and assets recovered directly linked to the commission's work had grown from two point nine billion rand in October of '22 to eleven billion rand.
President Cyril Ramaphosa's office confirmed this, with the presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya saying directly, "Eleven billion rand is now in the fiscus coming out of that work." Eight new laws have been passed dealing with corruption, government buying processes, intelligence, and how companies are held responsible.
Eleven more cases involving fifty-one people and twenty-seven companies are currently still in courts.
Consulting firm Bain and Company has been banned for ten years from doing any work with the South African government, a ban that they are currently still fighting in court.
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