It was another evening of damning findings of abuse of state power and resources across the public sector as the second part of acting chief justice Raymond Zondo’s state capture commission report was made public.

From Denel to Transnet, the report painted another grim picture of a government leadership that fleeced South Africans, seemingly without a care in the world.

The executive, the report reads, failed so dismally at appointing key personnel at boards and in senior positions at state-owned enterprises that it can no longer be trusted to perform this crucial function...