State capture commission chair, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, has denied that he has a close personal relationship with former president Jacob Zuma or that they are even friends.

“Mr Zuma’s statement that we are friends is not accurate,” Zondo said in a statement read out on Monday ahead of the commission hearing an application for his recusal...

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