Many of Zondo’s state capture recommendations are a political problem for Ramaphosa

There was always the fear that the government’s response to the painstaking, sometimes quixotic recommendations of Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on prosecuting and preventing state capture would be inadequate. Sunday evening’s address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the subject proved it was well-founded. 

The president’s undertaking on the findings came with a reminder that he holds three options with regard to every one of the recommendations — implement in full, in part or not at all.