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Zuma flouts Constitutional Court order


“Witnessing this carries a much more amplified pain when realising it is a black liberated government behaving in this way against one of their own,” he said.


Zuma still contends his decision not to participate in the inquiry rests on his contention that its chairperson, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, is conflicted and biased and should recuse himself.

He maintains his earlier argument that the previous personal relationship with Zondo renders him unfit to hear his evidence and he will therefore not appear before him.

“I have never said I do not want to appear before the commission, but have said I cannot appear before deputy chief justice Zondo because of a well-founded apprehension of bias and a history of personal relations between the deputy chief justice and myself,” he said.

“I have taken the decision by the deputy chief justice not to recuse himself on review as I believe his presiding over the proceedings does not provide me the certainty of a fair and just hearing.”

The inquiry, according to Zuma, is specifically designed to investigate him. He said it should therefore be named the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture against Jacob Zuma – “as it has obviously been established to investigate me specifically”.

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