The appointment of the Pillay shortlist panel was designed to ensure greater transparency in the appointment of a successor to Mogoeng Mogoeng but commentators are not overly concerned about their views remaining under wraps, for now
Full of contempt: Zuma refuses to face the music, so Zondo wants jail time Zuma again ran the risk of being in contempt of court after failing to appear before the state capture probe on Monday 15 February 2021 - 20:26
After days of speculation and last-ditch attempts to convince him otherwise, former president Jacob Zuma informed the Zondo Commission on Monday, “as a matter of courtesy”, he won’t be appearing.
Zuma, through his lawyers, described the summons to appear before deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo as “irregular”. This led to an announcement by the commission chair that the inquiry would seek an order from the Constitutional Court to have the former president jailed.
PREMIUM! Former president Jacob Zuma at the State Capture Commission in Braamfontein on 19 November 2020. Picture: Neil McCartney
For more than a year, former president Jacob Zuma successfully managed to evade the hot seat at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. But the buck stopped with the Constitutional Court on Thursday, when he was ordered to take the stand for questioning. âAlthough clumsily put, it is apparent that the respondent and his legal team believe that he has a right to remain silent during the proceedings before the commission. “However, the right to remain silent that I am aware of is the one guaranteed byâ¦the constitution and under the common law,â Justice Chris Jafta, who wrote the.
ConCourt set to rule on Zondo commission vs Jacob Zuma Citizen reporter
DCJ Raymond Zondo at the State Capture Commission in Braamfontein. Picture: Neil McCartney The apex court will rule on whether Zuma is legally obliged to appear and give evidence before the State Capture Inquiry.
The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment in the case between secretary of the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture and former president Jacob Zuma on Thursday.
It will rule on whether Zuma is legally obliged to appear and give evidence before the commission.
In November, Muzi Sikhakhane – for Zuma – launched a review of chairperson of the commission Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s ruling to not recuse himself and lodged a complaint about him with