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===State capture===
{{further|Zondo Commission}}

In January 2018, then-President Jacob Zuma established the [[Zondo Commission]] to investigate allegations of [[state capture]], [[Corruption in South Africa|corruption]], and [[fraud]] in the public sector.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2018 |title=Judicial Commission of Inquiry Into Allegations of State Capture (Call for evidence/information) |url=https://pmg.org.za/call-for-comment/694/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608130106/https://pmg.org.za/call-for-comment/694/ |archive-date=8 June 2019 |access-date=6 January 2022 |website=PMG |language=en}}</ref> Over the following four years, the Commission heard testimony from over 250 witnesses and collected more than 150,000 pages of evidence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amashabalala |first=Mawande |date=2020-12-21 |title='He was the president': Zondo says there's no place to hide for Zuma |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2020-12-21-he-was-the-president-zondo-says-theres-no-place-to-hide-for-zuma/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221140115/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2020-12-21-he-was-the-president-zondo-says-theres-no-place-to-hide-for-zuma/ |archive-date=21 December 2020 |access-date=6 January 2022 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}}</ref> After several extensions, the first part of the final three-part report was published on 4 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=31 December 2021 |title=Zondo to hand deliver State Capture Inquiry report to Ramaphosa on Tuesday |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/zondo-to-hand-deliver-state-capture-inquiry-report-to-ramaphosa-on-tuesday-20211231 |access-date=6 January 2022 |website=News24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 January 2022 |title=Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture Report: Part 1 |url=https://www.statecapture.org.za/site/files/announcements/638/Judicial_Commission_of_Inquiry_into_State_Capture_Report:_Part_1_Vol._1:_SAA_(18_MB).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105111952/https://www.statecapture.org.za/site/files/announcements/638/Judicial_Commission_of_Inquiry_into_State_Capture_Report:_Part_1_Vol._1:_SAA_%2818_MB%29.pdf |archive-date=5 January 2022 |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>

The report found that the ANC, including Zuma and his political allies, had benefited from the extensive corruption of state enterprises, including the [[South African Revenue Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Emsie |date=6 January 2022 |title=Zondo: ANC was either incompetent or asleep on capture |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2022-01-06-zondo-anc-was-either-incompetent-or-asleep-on-capture/ |access-date=6 January 2022 |website=Mail & Guardian |language=en}}</ref> It also found that the ANC "simply did not care that state entities were in decline during state capture or they slept on the job – or they simply didn't know what to do."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Qaanitah |date=6 January 2022 |title=ANC 'did not care or they slept on the job or they had no clue what to do' – Zondo Commission report |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/anc-did-not-care-or-they-slept-on-the-job-or-they-had-no-clue-what-to-do-zondo-commission-report-20220106 |access-date=6 January 2022 |website=News24 |language=en}}</ref>