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Case to scrap Zondo’s report to proceed despite chief justice Maya rejecting litigation request

Sowetan · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 162 words · By Sinesipho Schrieber
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What to know about Case to scrap Zondo’s report to proceed despite chief justice Maya rejecting litigation request

Former deputy finance minister Sfiso Buthelezi plans to proceed with a court bid seeking to scrap parts of the commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture despite chief justice Mandisa Maya not granting permission for the litigation against former…

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What happened

Former deputy finance minister Sfiso Buthelezi plans to proceed with a court bid seeking to scrap parts of the commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture despite chief justice Mandisa Maya not granting permission for the litigation against former…

Why it matters

Buthelezi and former Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (Prasa) board members Bridgette Gasa, Nkosinathi Khena, Mmatebogo Nkoenyane and former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana want parts of the commission’s report detailing allegations of maladministration at…

Common ground

Though the review application was initiated in 2022, the case was delayed because the applicants did not cite Zondo, who was the commission’s chair.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-05-19-case-to-scrap-zondos-report-to-proceed…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Buthelezi and former Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (Prasa) board members Bridgette Gasa, Nkosinathi Khena, Mmatebogo Nkoenyane and former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana want parts of the commission’s report detailing allegations of maladministration at Prasa declared unlawful and irrational and set aside”
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While evidence for claim 0 confirms Buthelezi and Lucky Montana are seeking to overturn findings, the specific list of other board members (Gasa, Khena, Nkoenyane) is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the search results for this specific claim were largely irrelevant (baseball stats).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article displays the various political parties' party candidate lists for the 2024 South African general election. The National Assembly of South Africa is elected every five years by party-list …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_lists_for_the_2024_South…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article displays the various political parties' party candidate lists for the 2019 South African general election. The National Assembly of South Africa is elected every five years by party-list …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_lists_for_the_2019_South…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 17, 2003 · Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Caden Dana. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more o…
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/danaca01.shtml
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Claim 2: “The Superior Courts Act requires litigants in civil proceedings to seek permission from the head of the court before litigating against a judge”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'superior' and does not contain the text of the Superior Courts Act or any legal confirmation of the requirement to seek permission to sue a judge.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of SUPERIOR is situated higher up : upper. How to use superior in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior
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web search NEUTRAL — Superior comes from the Latin word meaning above and it literally means something that is above others in quality or status.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/superior
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web search NEUTRAL — be superior to sth The firm's technology is widely regarded as being superior to that of its rivals. far/vastly superior (to sth) The school system was far superior when he left than it was when he wa…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/super…
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Claim 3: “the review application was initiated in 2022”
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Web search results explicitly state that the 'Review application was initiated in 2022'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An over-the-top media service, also known as OTT and over-the-top television, is a digital distribution service of video and accompanying audio delivered directly to viewers via the public Internet, r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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Claim 4: “chief justice Mandisa Maya not granting permission for the litigation against former chief justice Raymond Zondo”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Chief Justice Mandisa Maya refused to grant permission to sue retired Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chief justice of South Africa is the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court and head of the judiciary of South Africa, who exercises final authority over the functioning and management of a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya (born 20 March 1964) is the chief justice of South Africa. She was formerly the president of the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2017 to 2022 before she was elevated to the p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandisa_Maya
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mbuyiseli Russel Madlanga (born 27 March 1962) is a retired South African judge who served as a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 2013 to 2025. At the time of his retirement, he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuyiseli_Madlanga
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Claim 5: “Former deputy finance minister Sfiso Buthelezi plans to proceed with a court bid seeking to scrap parts of the commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture”
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Web search results confirm that Sfiso Buthelezi and other officials are seeking to overturn the findings of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sfiso Norbert Buthelezi (born 1961) is a South African politician and member of the National Assembly of South Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfiso_Buthelezi
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web search NEUTRAL — Those individuals — including former CEO Lucky Montana, former chairperson Sfiso Buthelezi, and other high-ranking officials — are seeking to overturn the findings of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry i…
https://iol.co.za/the-star/news/2025-08-04-prasa-board-throw…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Buthelezi in his final supplementary affidavit to the commission, there is compelling evidence that Molefe was no corruption-buster. The tiff between them started last year, when Molefe i…
https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-08-20-sfiso…
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Claim 6: “the case was delayed because the applicants did not cite Zondo, who was the commission’s chair”
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Web search results explicitly state that the case was delayed because the applicants did not cite Zondo, who was the commission's chair.
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web search NEUTRAL — Review application was initiated in 2022, but case was delayed because applicants did not cite Zondo, who was commission’s chair.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-05-19-case-to-scra…
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web search NEUTRAL — The case relates to tenders for the supply of water purification and oxygen plants to the KwaZulu-Natal’s health and local government departments. Zondo on attacks against the judiciary. Acting Chief …
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/zondo-dismisses-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The commission’s secretary, Itumeleng Mosala, said it had received a statement from Zuma, which Zondo needed to consider before making a ruling. He had originally been expected to make his ruling at 3…
https://www.businessday.co.za/bd/national/2020-11-18-raymond…
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Claim 7: “there was no permission from the chief justice before the litigation against Zondo, a retired justice, was initiated”
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Evidence indicates that the applicants only applied for permission in April of the current year, and Chief Justice Maya refused it, confirming that litigation was attempted or pursued without the necessary prior permission.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng (born 14 January 1961) is a South African jurist who served as the Chief Justice of South Africa from 8 September 2011 until his retirement on 11 October 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogoeng_Mogoeng
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sandile Ngcobo (born 1 March 1953) is a retired South African judge who was the Chief Justice of South Africa from October 2009 to August 2011. He served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa fr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandile_Ngcobo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tembeka Nicholas Ngcukaitobi (born 25 December 1976) is a South African lawyer and legal scholar. An advocate of the Johannesburg Bar since August 2010, he gained silk status in February 2020. He is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tembeka_Ngcukaitobi
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