11 August 2020 - 19:28Former finance minister Des Van Rooyen at the state capture commission in Johannesburg. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/LUBA LESOLLE
An ally of former president Jacob Zuma, he was redeployed to the department of co-operative governance & traditional affairs after four days into his job after intense pressure from the public and the private sector. Van Rooyen said it was worrisome that everyone associated with the former president is being painted as corrupt.
Van Rooyen said a state capture commission with extended terms of reference would reveal that it was white monopoly capital that had captured the state. As an example he said that many officials who work for the Treasury are absorbed by corporate SA when they leave the government. Van Rooyen said white monopoly capital, which he claimed influenced the outcomes of the ANC conference at Nasrec in 2017, was having a free ride. More worrying, he added, were allegations that judges were paid money, but that documents proving this had been sealed by the courts.