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Zapiro and Zuma have done battle for years. As we enter another day wondering if the former president will end up behind bars, the cartoonist isn’t letting up.
Zuma supporters from around the country flocked to Nkandla, despite the fact that large gatherings are banned.
In a final attempt to avoid prison, Zuma’s legal team will file court papers at the Constitutional Court today.
Via the Jacob G Zuma Foundation, the former president has lambasted the ConCourt ruling, adding that the Zondo Commission has been “transformed into a slaughterhouse”.
Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court, and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment by the Constitutional Court.
The former president has hit back at last week’s Constitutional Court ruling that he has to appear before the Zondo Commission, likening his treatment to that which he received at the hands of the apartheid government.
Despite the ConCourt ruling last month, which decriminalised the personal and private use of dagga, arrests are still taking place.
It was pretty good viewing over at the Constitutional Court earlier today – that’s if you’re no fan of JZ, of course. He won’t be very stoked with what’s gone on.
Over in the ConCourt the future of Jacob Zuma could well hang in the balance, with many specualting that a secret ballot would ensure his dismissal.
During yesterday’s five-minute recess in Parliament, which lasted well over an hour, the Presidency tried to slip through a statement with a zinger or two.
Jacob Zuma is so desperate to keep his power that he went to the only people who still support him to regain a bit of popularity.
After the ConCourt’s ruling, people couldn’t understand why Jacob Zuma wouldn’t resign – but Gwede Mantashe reveals all.
The Constitutional Court regarding Zuma and Nkandla is currently live – Watch it here.
Bheki Cele – don’t we just love him in the news… Follow the next of his antics as he heads to the constitutional court, and keeps the papers full of humour and hilarity.
Opposition parties are in strong agreement with the Constitutional Court’s ruling that the legislation providing for the dissolution of the Scorpions and their replacement by the Hawks was constitutionally invalid. In a decision yesterday, the highest court in the land found that a section of the Act in question did not allow for enough protection from political influence. Opposition parties have welcomed this decision.