The former president’s lawyers on Friday gave notice that they would be bringing urgent application in both the apex and high courts
The initial challenge to the restrictions was so vaguely argued that the high court appeared to have chosen to see a case where there was none, the SCA found
The apex court agreed with one of the most scathing rulings yet against the public protector and found the president did nothing wrong
The Zondo commission says the Constitutional Court sentence vindicated the rule of law and the authority of the courts
The judgment seeks not only to punish Zuma for failing to heed the court’s order that he testify before the Zondo commission, but also for his egregious efforts to impugn the courts
The judgment seeks not only to punish Zuma for failing to heed the court’s order that he testify before the Zondo commission, but also for his egregious efforts to impugn the courts
But the deputy minister of state security told the Zondo commission he did not consider the debt reason to quit
The court said it was not in the public interest to put the credibility of the state capture inquiry at risk by forcing it to conclude its work in a rush
The fact that the ANC’s rule 25.7 may have been a narrowing of the party’s 2017 resolutions on corruption did not render it unlawful, Wim Trengove argued for the ruling party
Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify