Johannesburg - The ANC will reveal its position on the report of the commission of inquiry into state capture next month.
ANC head of policy and former Cabinet minister Jeff Radebe said the governing party was still processing the report of the commission chaired by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
"At the end of August, that's when you are going to hear about our stance, our posture and response to the Zondo commission," Radebe promised.
According to Radebe, the ANC has to respond to the report and has referred all the matters raised to by Justice Zondo's report to the party's national executive committee subcommittees.
"We may not agree with everything that is in the Zondo commission. That is in the nature of the judicial commission of inquiry, it is not a court of law, it makes recommendations to the president, who might accept or not accept its findings and recommendations," he said.
Radebe said there was still a long way to finality on the matters in the commission's report.
In its discussion document released ahead of this weekend's national policy conference, the ANC claims the vast majority of its leaders, cadres and members are vehemently opposed to corruption in all its manifestations.
"But we should acknowledge that the organisation could and should have done more to prevent the abuse of power and the misappropriation of resources that defined the era of state capture," the party said.
The ANC also admitted that it made mistakes as it sought to execute the mandate it was given by voters, failed to live up to South Africans' expectations and was inconsistent in upholding the values and principles that have defined it over more than a century of its existence.
"While the ANC distances itself from those within its ranks who have been involved in corruption or who are complicit in state capture, the organisation must – and does – acknowledge that state capture took place under its watch," the party said.
The ANC said some of its leaders were responsible for state capture and the practice found fertile ground in the divisions, weaknesses and tendencies that have developed in the organisation since 1994.