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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
FACTBOX-South Africa’s divisive ex-president Zuma’s many scandals

FACTBOX-South Africa’s divisive ex-president Zuma’s many scandals

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's constitutional court has sentenced ousted president Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. Below are some of the main scandals involving Zuma, South Africa's most divisive president since the end of white minority rule in 1994. He was in power from 2009 to 2018. "STATE OF CAPTURE" The public protector, South Africa's main anti-corruption watchdog, published a report in 2016 entitled "State of Capture" alleging that Zuma's friends, the Gupta brothers, had tried to influence the appointment of cabinet ministers and were unlawfully awarded state tenders. An inquiry was set…
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Jun
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Highest court to hand down Zuma judgement

Highest court to hand down Zuma judgement

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE Constitutional Court, South Africa’s highest court, has announced that it is ready to hand down judgement in a matter in which it has been asked to find former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court. The court has announced that judgement will be handed down on Tuesday at 10am. Deputy Judge President of SA, Raymond Zondo, in his capacity as chair of the judicial  commission into state capture, has asked the Constitutional Court to find Zuma guilty of contempt and send him to jail. The commission made the application after Zuma failed to comply with…
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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa is set to appoint a new chief justice. The stakes have never been so high

South Africa is set to appoint a new chief justice. The stakes have never been so high

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
BY October, South Africa’s Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, will have finished his 12-year term at the helm of the Constitutional Court. How will his successor be selected, and what qualities are needed by the holder of this high office? HUGH CORDER, Professor of Public Law, University of Cape Town To answer these questions we need to understand the context. This is because the country’s judiciary has been increasingly drawn into party political wrangling and contestation. Any form of constitutional democracy which allows judicial review of the exercise of public power thrusts the courts into the political limelight. Inevitably, acts and…
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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma’s middle finger to Chief Justice, highest court

Zuma’s middle finger to Chief Justice, highest court

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A defiant Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, has shown the proverbial middle finger to the country’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and rejected, as a sham and a political gimmick, a directive that he must suggest a suitable punishment in the case he is found guilty of contempt of the Constitutional Court.  Mogoeng issued the directive to Zuma who faces charges of failing to appear before the Zondo judicial commission into state capture and for defying the Constitutional Court.The chief justice directed Zuma to file an affidavit of no longer than 15 pages. Zuma responded…
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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Choose your punishment, Zuma told

Choose your punishment, Zuma told

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has provided former South African president Jacob Zuma an opportunity to influence the sanction the Constitutional Court should impose on him, should he be found guilty of contempt of court. The Constitutional Court, the highest court in SA, is due to hand down its verdict in a case in which it has been asked by the chair of the judicial commission into state capture to find Zuma guilty of contempt and sent him to jail for two years. Zuma has until April 14 to file the affidavit. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond…
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Mar
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma hits back, attacks judges, highest Court

Zuma hits back, attacks judges, highest Court

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma again launched a scathing attack on the judiciary and the Constitutional Court, the highest court in the land. In a statement issued hours after the Constitutional Court heard a case against him in his absence, Zuma said he had lost faith in the courts. "Ordinarily and if I had faith that a South African court would consider my submissions, I would present them to the Constitutional Court. However, my experience is that many South African judges, including those of the Constitutional Court, can no longer bring an open mind to cases…
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Mar
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Double blow for South African Public Protector

Double blow for South African Public Protector

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BELEAGUERED South African Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane suffered two blows yesterday when the Constitutional Court rejected her appeal and the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to start an investigation into her fitness to hold office. Mkhwebane had approached the Constitutional Court - the highest court in SA - to appeal against a lower court decision that the Parliamentary probe could go on. Hours after the Constitutional Court decision, a total of 275 MPs - with 40 objections and one absention - parties voted to start an investigation into her. She is now the first head of a…
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Mar
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Date set for Zuma’s Constitutional Court hearing

Date set for Zuma’s Constitutional Court hearing

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s highest court - the Constitutional Court - will hear the case against the country’s former president Jacob Zuma on March 25. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who chairs the judicial commission into state capture, theft and corruption, approached the Constitutional Court on an urgent basis, to convict Zuma of contempt and impose a two year prison sentence on him. The Constitutional Court yesterday issued directions in terms of which Zuma has until March 8 to file a response to the case made by the Zondo Commission.  The commission approached the court after Zuma ignored its…
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Feb
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma corruption trial set to start on May 17

Zuma corruption trial set to start on May 17

NEWS
A corruption case against former South African President Jacob Zuma and French company Thales related to a $2 billion arms deal will begin on May 17, the Maritzburg High Court ruled today. Zuma stands accused of rampant corruption during his tenure as deputy president from 1999 and later as president from 2009 to 2018, although he denies any wrongdoing. The arms deal allegations relate to his time as deputy president and he is being tried on 16 charges of racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with French defence firm Thales. Zuma is accused of accepting 500,000 rand ($34,000)…
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
ANC’s bid to persuade Zuma to avoid jail

ANC’s bid to persuade Zuma to avoid jail

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BHEKI Cele, the South African Minister of Police has met former President Jacob Zuma to persuade him to avoid a possible prison term by adhering to the summons and a Constitutional Court ruling to appear before the Zondo Commission into state capture.  Cele has disclosed, in an interview with South African TV station Newzroom Afrika, that his mission to Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal was to speak to Zuma, who has made it clear that he would rather go to jail than appear before the Zondo Commission, to change his mind. Cele would not disclose the outcome of the meeting…
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