from our partners at Bloomberg, former President Jacob Zuma was quoted as saying “The Commission Into Allegations of State Capture can expect no further cooperation from me in any of their processes. If this stance is considered to be a violation of their law, then let their law take its course. I do not fear being arrested, I do not fear being convicted nor do I fear being incarcerated.” This blatant defiance and disregard for the law has frustrated many South Africans, who just want the former president to have his day in court. Allegations of state capture and corruption have been hurled at Zuma for over a decade now. But like water off a duck’s back, it seems to have no effect on him. Cathleen Powell, an associate professor of public law at the University of Cape Town, writes ‘even an appeal to the highest court in the land has failed to win Zuma’s cooperation. It has, however, handed the commission the clearest statement yet of its duties and the tools it has to fulfil them’. This article was first published on The Conversation. – Jarryd Neves