The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard that only a court of law can deal with former president Jacob Zuma's defiance of a Constitutional Court order.
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The commission’s chairman said he did not understand why Jacob Zuma was afraid to take the stand and answer the questions the commission had for him, despite his claim he had not been implicated.
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JOHANNESBURG A South African inquiry into corruption during Jacob Zuma’s time as president will ask the constitutional court to impose a jail term on the former leader after he defied an order to appear before the inquiry on Monday.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who leads the inquiry, said there was “no valid or sound reason” for Zuma’s failure to appear before the inquiry, which is probing allegations of high-level graft during Zuma’s period in power from 2009 to 2018.
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