Chief justice Raymond Zondo will this week release the penultimate section of the state capture inquiry report, which was due to be handed to the presidency last Thursday.
Though the details of its contents are scant, sources speculate the chief justice, who chaired the commission, will zero in on state-owned power utility Eskom.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has undertaken to present an action plan for the implementation of the recommendations to parliament within four months of the final report being submitted to him. This date has since been pushed out after the high court extension of the lifespan of the commission to the end of April.
Zondo will chair Judicial Services Commission (JSC) interviews this week for judges in his first public showing since he became chief justice.
MPs, including EFF leader Julius Malema and IFP chief whip Narend Singh, will participate in their capacity as JSC commissioners, after an acrimonious interview process for chief justice at the JSC. Appeals court head Mandisa Maya, who the president has indicated he plans to appoint as Zondo’s deputy, is expected to attend.
From Tuesday to Friday the JSC will interview candidates for SA’s high courts. First, it will interview candidates for two vacancies in the apex court.
Newly appointed national police commissioner Fannie Masemola will take office this week. At a media briefing on Friday he said his priority is to change the public perception of the police and the relationship between the police force and the communities they serve.
“The immediate demand for my priority is to build and strengthen the community police relations and subsequently change the prevailing negative public perception as well as the need to work on both the morale and integrity of our members, who ultimately have a duty to serve and protect our communities,” he told the media briefing last week.
“We know what the community is. The most basic thing is that when they call, there must be somebody that answers the call and thereafter there must be somebody to respond to the call.”
The search for a new chair of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) continues in the coming week.
IEC chair Glen Mashinini is one of the 12 candidates to be interviewed for the position, though his term ends on April 16. He was first appointed to the job in 2015 by former president Jacob Zuma, to replace Pansy Tlakula.
Zondo will preside over the panel of interviewers, who include public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Commission for Gender Equality chair Tamara Mathebula, and SA Human Rights Commission chair Bongani Majola.
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