He added: “When I was the chair of the province he was a man I knew. In the commission I said I wanted him to recuse himself because he is going to be tainted because he is my friend.”“I was helping him. It’s not true that we are not friends, he is my friend and he spoke at my wedding because he was given a chance to speak in Nkandla,” said Zuma.The reason he decided to address the matter publicly is because Zondo also made the statements in public, said Zuma.
“Including my going to prison. I did not have time to sit in any place like a court to deal with these matters. What I have said Zondo has done, he has done. I have addressed Zondo through my lawyers and there is nothing that I am doing here that is a secret.” Asked about the private meetings that took place between him and Zondo, some of which he claimed were at his request, Zuma said: “These were private discussions and I am not saying anything about it. What I am saying is that he had denied that we had a relationship and then later agreed that we had a lot of meetings.”
The Office must stay away from matters about Raymond Zondo as a person and liar