The State Capture Commission's first report lays out the details of just how corruption and looting was engineered at state entities.
Much like the coronavirus provided a huge amount of data for scientists to study, Zondo said his commission's investigations have gathered large troves of evidence on wrongdoing across state institutions including Transnet, SAA, and provincial governments. But the problem went deeper: advice was bought in on projects without those ultimately responsible for the project knowing about it, or work that had already been done internally was outsourced again.
"Transnet effectively awarded one package of projects to McKinsey valued at R619 [million]", said Zondo, but broke them up to avoid its own procurement rules. That is not counting instances of"improper communication", where potential bidders got the inside track on deals, down to highly confidential pricing schedules and submissions by other bidders.