The head of the National Prosecuting Authority said her investigators needed to see all evidence and called for more urgency in solving the impasse
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Commission says that although it worked hard to meet the 30 December deadline, more work is still needed and it has ample funds to continue until February
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The former president’s application for rescission is a bid to distort the law and the facts of the matter that earned him a 15-month sentence for contempt, the commission secretary said
In court papers, the commission argues that his application for rescission of his 15-month sentence fails the test of the court rule on which it seeks to rely
The commission has given up hope the former president will appear before it, and says the court must now protect the constitutional order
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Recalcitrant former president holds virtual meeting with ANC top six
The former president has one week to file answering papers in the application that also seeks a prison sentence imposed on him
Zuma’s namesake organisation twists facts and the law – he told Zondo he would answer questions but only in private to the deputy chief justice
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Zondo commission files urgent court papers asking that former president Jacob Zuma be imprisoned because his stance risks undermining the rule of law
The deputy chief justice says he has to act because Zuma’s defiance risks inciting lawlessness
His lawyer says the summons was not in line with the Constitutional Court order
The Zondo commission will file a fresh criminal complaint against Zuma and has hinted that it will follow up with an application for a contempt order mid-month if he fails to testify
The Constitutional Court has told the former president everyone is equal before the law and he must appear before the Zondo commission
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Last year, the former president walked out on the deputy chief justice, despite being summoned to give evidence
Day two of State Security Agency testimony at the Zondo commission birthed more revelations that point to the former head of state and agents breaking the law
The former president says he will talk once the courts have ruled, but the head of the state capture inquiry appears resigned to letting the clock run out as the commission’s deadline nears
Any move made by the Zondo commission head or by former president Jacob Zuma must be calculated, because one mistake from either side could lead to a political fallout
Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers say they won’t honour it
After the former president stalked out of a sitting, it asked the ConCourt to force him to appear before the inquiry. A ruling has not been made but the summons remains valid
It is Zondo’s legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission
Another summons has been served on Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla residence, requiring the former president to appear before the Zondo Commission next year