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Apex court to rule on Zuma’s Zondo commission appearance

Politics Sarah Smit - 28 Jan 2021

Last year, the former president walked out on the deputy chief justice, despite being summoned to give evidence

Zuma, Zondo play the waiting game

National Emma Balfour - 22 Jan 2021

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

The politics of the Zuma-Zondo showdown

Politics Emma Balfour - 16 Jan 2021

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

Zuma won’t appear before Zondo commission on Monday, say his lawyers

Politics Emma Balfour - 15 Jan 2021

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

Don’t get confused, you are obliged to appear, Zondo tells Zuma

Politics Emma Balfour - 12 Jan 2021

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

High court sets aside public protector report on Gordhan and Sars ‘rogue unit’

National Sarah Smit - 7 Dec 2020

Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘allowed her important office to be used to try and resuscitate a long-dead fake news propaganda fiction’, the court ruled

ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

National Emma Balfour - 4 Dec 2020

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

CR17 report is not perfect, but the investigation was rational, court hears

National Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

So says public protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s lawyer, who said she had reason to suspect the money was being laundered through the campaign

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

National Sarah Smit - 23 Nov 2020

The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons

Zondo dismisses Zuma’s recusal application

Politics Sarah Smit - 19 Nov 2020

The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head

Eusebius McKaiser: Zuma’s recusal case is utterly unconvincing

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 18 Nov 2020

The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent

Legal bias doctrine basis of Zuma’s recusal application to Zondo

Politics Khaya Koko - 16 Nov 2020

The former president’s advocate and commission lawyers were embroiled in a showdown of who best argued the apprehension of bias doctrine

Zondo: Zuma was MEC, not president so he couldn’t boost my judicial career

Politics Khaya Koko - 16 Nov 2020

The application for the state capture commission chair to recuse himself lays bare the history of the two men

New delay in Zuma case as Thales challenges racketeering charges

Politics Paddy Harper - 23 Jun 2020

The former president’s bid for an October trial date seems set to fail

Public protector may not subpoena Zuma’s tax records, says high court

Article Franny Rabkin - 24 Mar 2020

High court says people can refuse to hand information over to the protector if there is “just cause” and also makes a personal costs order against Mkhwebane

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Apex court to rule on Zuma’s Zondo commission appearance

Zuma, Zondo play the waiting game

The politics of the Zuma-Zondo showdown

Zuma won’t appear before Zondo commission on Monday, say his lawyers

Don’t get confused, you are obliged to appear, Zondo tells Zuma

High court sets aside public protector report on Gordhan and Sars ‘rogue unit’

ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

CR17 report is not perfect, but the investigation was rational, court hears

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

Zondo dismisses Zuma’s recusal application

Eusebius McKaiser: Zuma’s recusal case is utterly unconvincing

Legal bias doctrine basis of Zuma’s recusal application to Zondo

Zondo: Zuma was MEC, not president so he couldn’t boost my judicial career

New delay in Zuma case as Thales challenges racketeering charges

Public protector may not subpoena Zuma’s tax records, says high court

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