LETTER: Without an interim interdict for Zuma not to attend, he must be made to do so
The justices are obliged by section 237 of the constitution to act diligently and without delay
I refer to the delay in delivering judgment in the matter between the state capture commission and Jacob Zuma. From the coverage of the correspondence between Zuma’s lawyers and the commission it is reasonable to infer that the commission was hoping to receive the judgment last week (“Zuma says Zondo is trying to undermine pending Constitutional Court judgment (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-01-15-jacob-zuma-says-raymond-zondo-is-trying-to-undermine-constitutional-court-judgment/),” January 15).
On December 29, eight justices of the Constitutional Court sat in the urgent application brought by the commission against the former president aimed at compelling him to attend the commission and answer questions relating to the evidence given by more than 30 witnesses, who implicate him in the capture of the state in various ways. Eight is the minimum quorum of the court. The chief justice could not preside as he nominated the deputy chief justice to his position as...
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