Jacob Zuma repeats claims that judges were bribed, Julius Malema calls for probe
By Sihle Mavuso
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Durban - A few days before former president Jacob Zuma returns to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to face corruption charges, he has launched another attack against the countryâs judicial system and some judges.
In the latest instalment of his attack, albeit without producing any evidence, Zuma said some judges were hell-bent on fighting political battles instead of administering justice in a fair manner.
The attack was part of a package of missiles Zuma was firing at the Zondo Commission and its chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, whom he wants to recuse himself before he appears to testify.
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“One would have thought he [Jacob Zuma] would be the first one to cooperate fully with the commission [because] in the terms of reference signed by him [to establish the commission], he said all organs would be required to cooperate,” said Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as he contemplated yet another non-appearance by the former president, who ignored both a Constitutional Court judgment and a summons to appear before Zondo this week to give evidence.
Zuma is a serial State Capture inquiry delinquent: he failed to appear twice this year after being summoned and left the commission without permission in November 2020.
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