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Former president Jacob Zuma. (Getty Images)
CHRIS JAFTA

No one is above the law, Constitutional Court tells Zuma

The former president has been ordered to obey the Zondo commission’s processes

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma.
COMMISSIONS ACT

Apex court to rule on Zuma’s Zondo commission appearance

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

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma. (Getty Images)
ACCOUNTABILITY

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

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

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)
CORRUPTION

Zondo dismisses Zuma’s recusal application

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

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
The Zondo commission has filed an urgent Constitutional Court application for an order compelling former president Jacob Zuma to testify before it and forged an argument as to why the matter falls within the court’s exclusive jurisdiction. (Wikus de Wet/Pool/Reuters)
BARBARA HOGAN

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

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

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer argued on Monday at the state capture inquiry that Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had a “reasonable apprehension of bias” based on comments he had made to “sweetheart witnesses”. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
BARBARA HOGAN

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

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

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read