Former president Jacob Zuma at the State Capture Commission in Parktown, 16 July 2019. Picture Neil McCartney
As former president Jacob Zuma this week took another swipe at South Africa’s apex court – amid the prospect of imprisonment for contempt hanging over him – a political expert said Zuma’s stance has been made easier by the country’s slide towards “foggy legal and constitutional waters”. The court, said Zuma, did not have the jurisdiction to hear the two cases brought by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.claiming his rights were taken away.Wits University professor of political studies Daryl Glaser described the standoff between Zuma and the court as indicative of South Africa’s slide towards “foggy legal and constitutional waters”.
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