Following his cabinet reshuffle on 6 August 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa along with acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo swore in new members of cabinet.
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo officiated the process a short on Friday afternoon at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
In terms of a Constitutional Court ruling, Jacob Zuma was meant to hand himself over to police on 4 June, failing which police had three days to arrest him.
Former President Jacob Zuma is asking for the Constitutional Court to “relook” its decision to have him incarcerated after he was found guilty of contempt this week.
Justice Sisi Khampepe had been acting in the position, but that term has come to an end.
As the work of the Commission winds up and turning towards its repercussions and costs, with over R1 billion spent, to date, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the value of the commission was far greater than rands and cents.
The inquiry’s chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo briefed journalists earlier on Wednesday, detailing how the commission has sat for 418 days so far and has over 730,000 transcripts to process.
At a briefing held earlier on Wednesday on the work of the commission, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo explained that they did not rush to act against Zuma and were fair in alerting him of the implications of his decisions, including not to challenge the inquiry’s Constitutional Court application.
ANC Women's League president Bathabile Dlamini says Jacob Zuma testifying at the State Capture Commission is a political issue.
Deputy Chief Justice and chair of the commission of inquiry into state capture, Raymond Zondo, revealed that around R1 billion had been spent on the inquiry for it to do its work. The inquiry began in 2018, and was recently granted a three-month extension to complete its work.
Following the Constitutional Court judgment that sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in prison, Deputy Chief Justice and chair of the commission of inquiry into state capture, Raymond Zondo, said he welcomed the court’s decision. Zuma was found guilty of contempt of court for refusing to obey a court order that he testify before the commission and for attacking the authority of the judiciary.
The Deputy Chief Justice on Wednesday addressed a rare media briefing a day after the judgment was handed down by the Constitutional Court.
He is also answering questions on the Constitutional Court judgment on former President Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court.
The minority judgment of the Constitutional Court said taking former President Jacob Zuma to a court whose judgments can't be appealed and sentencing him to jail without the option to correct his contemptuous act is unconstitutional.
The Constitutional Court on 29 April 2021 ruled former President Jacob Zuma was in contempt of court when he failed to appear and participate at the state capture inquiry. #StateCapture #ConCourt #Zuma
In handing down that guilty verdict, Justice Khampepe said never before had the authority and legitimacy of the Constitutional Court been subjected to the level of attacks posed by Zuma.
It was former President Jacob Zuma who instituted the State Capture Commission of Inquiry and it is he who has felt the full wrath of the commission for defying it.
This decision comes at the same time as announced from the Constitutional Court that has confirmed it will hand down judgment on Tuesday in the commission’s application to have former President Jacob Zuma found to have acted in contempt of court.
