Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa maintains that he had limited knowledge of the full extent of state capture, saying that it was nicely hidden.
Ramaphosa said that in hindsight, it was the right decision to continue serving under former President Jacob Zuma.
While testifying, he spoke of egregious and obvious abuse of power.
His appearance mostly focused on Eskom and Prasa and he will continue answering questions from the commission on Thursday.
The president said that there were five options available to those opposed to the state capture network during Zuma’s term.
They could have walked away, which in his case almost happened when Zuma appointed Des van Rooyen as finance minister.
However, he maintained that sticking it out and fighting for his Nasrec victory was the right thing to do.
“We had all the choices, a number of us, and we stayed with the view of ensuring that we move forward to change things, so with hindsight, I would say yes because today we are in a much better position to effect changes that our people want.”
Ramaphosa was deputy president during the so-called state capture period, has also admitted to understanding the extent of the damage through channels outside of government.
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