SCORPIO: Zondo, State Attorney and Solicitor-General at odds over battle plan for State Capture reviews

Regardless of their merits or prospects of success, some of these applications are voluminous and politically charged.confirmed details of the tension between the commission and the government after submitting enquiries about delays in the commission’s filing of records and responses in some of the court cases.that it is coordinating all aspects of the litigation with appointed counsel.

It initially asked the State Attorney to represent it as well as commission chair, especially in some of the earlier applications filed. The commission said qualifying parties have 180 days from the date of the release of the relevant part of the report to institute a review application.Given the high-stakes nature of some of them, it is crucial for the defence of the report to be consolidated both legally and financially.

The commission says the Solicitor-General had undertaken to appoint private lawyers in December and still nothing has been done. The State Attorney, it says, will coordinate and manage all aspects of the relevant litigation. But it intends using the institutional knowledge and expertise of some of the Zondo Commission evidence leaders who dealt with the relevant work streams.

'Zondo has been pleading with government to approve the use of private law firms to defend high court applications aimed at setting aside the State Capture Report. Zondo is concerned that the State Attorney is not sufficiently capacitated to defend the report'. Consultants

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