JEANETTE CHABALALA SAHRC criticises lack of accountability Former and current law enforcement officers who were implicated in criminal activities during the July riots have been let off the hook with no investigations or prosecutions…
A welcome home event has been planned for former president Jacob Zuma following his release from hospital. On Thursday the Jacob Zuma foundation announced a national welcome home prayer will be held on October 14. Faith-based, religious…
The Constitutional Court has denied a rescission application brought by former president Jacob Zuma on Friday September 17. Zuma had submitted the application in a bid to have the court’s earlier judgment, sentencing him to 15 months’…
Former president Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole, the department of correctional services confirmed on Sunday. The department said in a statement: “Medical parole placement for Mr Zuma means that he will…
Former president Jacob Zuma has officially handed himself over and is in police custody. Both national SAPS spokesman Brig Vish Naidoo and police ministry spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba confirmed the news. Naidoo said: “I can confirm that…
Former president Jacob Zuma suffered another court blow when the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein dismissed his appeal against a judgment which ruled the state is not liable to cover his legal costs. The high court in…
Former president Jacob Zuma says he will not subject himself to “an oppressive and unjust court system”. He said this in a late night statement after the Constitutional Court on Thursday heard argument by the state capture inquiry, which…
In an ominous statement sent out late on Thursday night, former president Jacob Zuma left a Sword of Damocles hanging over the country when he spoke of a revolution by “ordinary people like me”. His 2,000 word statement pre-empted a…
The Jacob Zuma Foundation on Monday accused state capture inquiry chairperson deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo of abusing his position to bend the rules to see the former president jailed. Zuma has previously said he did not fear…
Former president Jacob Zuma has made an undertaking to attend his criminal trial in May, the Pietermaritzburg high court heard on Tuesday. State advocate Billy Downer SC told the court that Zuma and a representative from French arms…
The state capture commission has asked that former president Jacob Zuma be committed to two years in prison for contempt of court. This followed Zuma’s failure to turn up at the commission last week despite a summons and an order from the…
Former president Jacob Zuma on Sunday said there was still plenty of tea available for those who wanted to visit his Nkandla homestead. This as a long list of high profile politicians have in the past weeks visited Zuma. Among the most…
Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) spokesperson Carl Niehaus has laughed off suggestions that members of the organisation should be jailed alongside former president Jacob Zuma. The association had vowed to “protect”…
Former president slams judges for helping President Cyril Ramaphosa hide ‘what on the face of it seem to be bribes obtained to win an internal ANC election’ Former president Jacob Zuma appears resigned to his fate, saying that he was…
Former president Jacob Zuma cannot be allowed to promote anarchy in the country by defying the courts. And to set an example, the Constitutional Court must impose a jail term for his defiance of it and the Zondo commission of inquiry into…
