“One wishes it had never become necessary to reach this point, and it is important to remind everybody that the commission was tasked with investigating the allegations of state capture. It heard evidence that various people, including Jacob Zuma, may have been involved in such,” Zondo said.“We did not just rush to issue a summons or rush to court. The commission did what it had to do when it became quite clear that Mr Zuma was not going to cooperate,” he said.
Zondo said he noted that Zuma said the commission should draw whatever conclusions for his refusal to appear and give evidence, “so we will do that”. “All the allegations made by witnesses were sent to , but he chose to keep quiet. He chose not to deny the allegations and chose not to apply for leave to cross-examine those witnesses.
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