Mafika Mkhwanazi previously denied that Minister Malusi Gigaba had a hand in reviewing former CEO Siyabonga Gama's dismissal, but this afternoon wanted to change his story.
This is after he lost an unfair dismissal case against the state-owned enterprise with the board also deciding to reach a settlement with Gama against the advice of its legal team.
Jacob Zuma’s attorney Eric Mabuza told Eyewitness News that plans for an application to have Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo recuse from dealing with the former leader at the commission were still in the pipeline.
A group calling themselves the Gauteng RET Movement marched through the Johannesburg CBD on 9 October 2020 to ask Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to step down as the state capture commission’s presiding officer, saying he was unfit for the position.
Supporters of former President Jacob Zuma gathered for a protest on 9 October 2020 at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, led by Carl Niehaus, spokesperson of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association. They marched to the Constitutional Court, demanding Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo step down from the commission of inquiry into state capture, accusing him of bias against Zuma.
The Gauteng RET Jacob Zuma forces have been marching in the Johannesburg CBD to deliver their list of demands to both Raymond Zondo and Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the Constitutional Court.
The Zuma Foundation has responded to the notice and he’s again is calling the commission biased and political.
Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
He is yet to confirm or deny that he personally devised a scheme that paid R600 million to building material suppliers before any work was actually done
Former President Jacob Zuma said he has always been prepared to cooperate with the state capture commission in spite of his views about its legality, Zondo’s suitability for the job and what he calls their personal relations.
A letter from the former president to the deputy Chief Justice follows a subpoena issued by Raymond Zondo for Jacob Zuma to appear before the commission on a non-negotiable basis.
Free State Housing HOD Nthimotse Mokhesi said that he agreed with Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that Blackhead, a company paid R255 million to audit and remove asbestos, misrepresented its expertise to get the job.
Zwane was appearing at the state capture commission on Friday morning.
Kaizer Maxatshwa was among officials who implemented a controversial R1 billion housing advance payment scheme and was subsequently subjected to a disciplinary process.
The Jacob Zuma Foundation said deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had already made up his mind that he would treat the former president harshly out of self-interest to advance his career.
In an affidavit before the commission, Koko denied that the meeting ever took place, but Daniels has told deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo that Koko was lying.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo made the remarks after asking Parliament's former correctional services portfolio chair Vincent Smith whether Parliament really had the power to rein in ministers and departments.
Justice Raymond Zondo said more and more witnesses implicated in serious allegations are making excuses not to appear the commission.
