Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture
Agrizzi reveals Watson believed he was 'bulletproof' - state capture report
Gavin Watson's former chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi revealed details about his boss's relationship with the ANC.
Lies and contradictions in Nomvula Mokonyane's testimony at the state capture commission meant she must be prosecuted, said the report.
The report also says there are "reasonable grounds" to suspect that Jacob Zuma was in breach of his obligations as president.
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said that the commission's report was expected to make extensive recommendations.
The Constitutional Court dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's rescission application, with costs, on 17 September 2021. After being charged with contempt and sentenced to 15 months in prison, Zuma filed a rescission application, asking the court to review its decision. In the full judgment, Judge Sisi Khampepe stated, “Elected absence, like that of Zuma, constitutes more than litigious skullduggery, which does not have the effect of turning a competently granted order into one erroneously granted.” Meanwhile, Zuma has since been granted medical parole.
Jacob Zuma was sent to jail for 15 months by the apex court for contempt of court after he violated the court’s order and refused to appear at the state capture commission of inquiry.
Former deputy Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Thabang Makwetla, appeared at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on 5 July 2021, where he was adamant that private contractor Charl Le Roux was making claims against his name when he didn’t even know who he was. #StateCaptureInquiry #ZondoCommission #ThabangMakwetla #CharlLeRoux
"Sending me to jail during the height of a pandemic at my age is the same as sentencing me to death," said President Jacob Zuma on Sunday.
They say there is little room for success given that the Constitutional Court is the country’s final arbiter of the law.
Norma Mngoma returned to the commission of inquiry into state capture for a second day of cross-examination. The attorney for her estranged husband, former Minister Malusi Gigaba, continued his questioning of Mngoma’s testimony after she told the commission that Gigaba was corrupt and often took money from the controversial Gupta family.
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.
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.
Former President Jacob Zuma has five days to present himself for arrest to serve a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court following the judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court on Tuesday morning.
Defend Our Democracy movement members reacted to the Constitutional Court's ruling that found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months of imprisonment.
The Constitutional Court sentenced Jacob Zuma to 15 months imprisonment for his defiance of the order of the court that he should comply with summonses issued by the Zondo commission and appear before the commission.
The former president has been ordered to report to the police station either in KwaZulu-Natal of Gauteng by no later than Sunday to start serving his 15-month sentence for refusing to appear before the state capture commission and ignoring the Constitutional Court's instructions to do so.
Earlier on Tuesday the Constitutional Court sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail for being in contempt of court when he failed to appear and participate at the state capture inquiry.