Over R1.2 billion. That is what South African taxpayers have spent on just four major commissions of inquiry over the past decade. The money funded years of testimony, thousands of pages of evidence, and hundreds of recommendations. Yet when you ask how many people have been prosecuted, the number drops to a trickle. The pattern repeats itself. A scandal breaks. Public outrage builds. The government announces a commission of inquiry. Months turn into years. The commission delivers its findings.