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Zuma gives reasons for snubbing State Capture Inquiry again
The former president’s legal representatives said the commission should wait for the outcomes determined by the court in the matter.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said that meant the hearings would now explore continuing next week but remotely via video link while he would be in isolation.
Singh was supposed to have given evidence before the commission of inquiry on Wednesday.
Singh’s legal counsel told the inquiry Singh was not able to testify on Wednesday and submitted an affidavit giving the reasons.
The state capture commission has on Monday heard how Scarlet Sky Investments had no prior experience in diamond mining and that even after it was appointed, no beneficiation was done.
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Earlier this month, the former president was summoned to appear before the commission in 2021 after he left proceedings without permission from the chairperson in November.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is on Monday giving an update on the work of the state capture commission so far.
The last witness for this year was former Eskom head of generation Matshela Koko but he too is expected back in the new year.
Raymond Zondo was responding after another witness, former Eskom board member Zethembe Khoza, failed to file all the necessary affidavits.
And he hopes he will give his version on the currently overwhelming perspective that shows how the state-owned enterprise was biased against the Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) and for Tegeta.
Researcher Paul Holden describes some of the reasons for the intricate flows: “I suspect two primary purposes; the one is to make the tracing of the funds slightly more difficult, and the second is that it creates a break for Estina, which can be used to justify if there ever was an investigation.”
The former president walked out of the state capture commission last month without the permission of deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo after Zondo told him he wouldn’t recuse himself.
Jacob Zuma’s entire presidency was an exercise in constitutional vandalism and his actions at the Zondo Commission were a low point, even for Zuma and his band of opportunistic lawyers, writes Judith February.
Last month, the state capture commission heard evidence from former procurement executive Celia Malahlela how the state-owned arms manufacturer was looted.
The commission is opening a criminal case with the police and is seeking a Constitutional Court order to compel Zuma to appear.
At the state capture commission, Van Coller has painted a picture of a listed company that was riddled with tender irregularities, inflated licence sales, collusion and inappropriate donations before he was appointed.
Justice Raymond Zondo found that the test for recusal had not been met.
For this, Zondo said Zuma will face the might of the law and he will ask the Constitutional Court to compel him to testify.