JOHANNESBURG - Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has defended the actions taken by the state capture inquiry against former President Jacob Zuma, which will now see him incarcerated for 15 months, saying the commission did not want it to come to this.
The court on Tuesday sentenced Zuma for being in contempt of court after he refused to appear before the state capture inquiry despite several summonses being issued for him to do so.On Wednesday Zondo took the media through the meticulous process followed to ensure that they were not rush in their actions against Zuma.
He said those who were of the belief that the former president’s reasons for declining to appear before the commission were valid ought to weigh that against the many opportunities he had to make his case but chose not to. Zondo said it was made very clear that Zuma needed to return to the state capture commission ahead of a review of a recusal decision.
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