Zuma's imprisonment won't stop state capture inquiry making a finding on him: Zondo

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'All the affidavits of witnesses who implicated Mr Zuma have been sent to him. He knows what they have said about or against him. He chose to keep quiet and not deny or admit,' said justice Raymond Zondo.

'All the affidavits of witnesses who implicated Mr Zuma have been sent to him. He chose to not deny or admit,' said justice Raymond Zondo. File photo.Former president Jacob Zuma might have escaped appearing at the Zondo inquiry after his defiance of an order to do so, leading to his 15-month imprisonment by the apex court this week. But that will not make the evidence against him led at the state capture inquiry disappear.

To this end, the commission would make findings on Zuma when it compiled its report, which is a work in progress.In any event, Zondo charged, it is not clear whether Zuma's appearance would have been of any use after he had threatened to remain silent if forced to appear. “But I am satisfied that in the end, the commission will be in a position to make clear findings based on the evidence it has heard.

 

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Possibly he discovered all the skeletons had fallen out of the cupboard and he no longer had a hold over them .

We're not done yet with Mr Zuma, No matter how long it takes, The old man must account for betraying the trust the nation has entrusted to him for nine years.

If he believed that by keeping quiet he is exonerating himself. That's another mistake. Inferences will be drawn upon him basing on evidence at hand. And the other thing courts don't depend on confessions, but other forms of evidence are brought into play to make a case.

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