State capture inquiry begins

ToxicBunny said:
100%... but it all paints a picture for the judges outside of the commission if things ever do get to court.... Zondo is no mans fool and is fully aware that what he is doing may not end up in any specific charges, but there will be a chunk of stuff that can be referenced should things end up in court.
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It pains me that the commission does have the power to ask the president to compel witnesses to give testimony. I don’t think Ramaphosa will do that to Zuma…

Zuma’s legal team is a strange lot. They argue the rules in which they are well aware they are participating in and then they use that to try to belittle Pretorius’s legal approach. They sang to the gallery.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
It pains me that the commission does have the power to ask the president to compel witnesses to give testimony. I don’t think Ramaphosa will do that to Zuma…

Zuma’s legal team is a strange lot. They argue the rules in which they are well aware they are participating in and then they use that to try to belittle Pretorius’s legal approach. They sang to the gallery.
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Yeah, I doubt CR would do that to Zuma just yet... it would cause too many issues for him...

As for Jacobs lawyers, their sole goal was to play to the crowd... and Jacob did that, but he also hurt himself in the process of doing that in my opinion. Legally he has made things challenging for himself.
 
http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/zu...ommission-aimed-at-tarnishing-his-reputation/

Zuma claims State Capture Commission aimed at tarnishing his reputation
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Former President Jacob Zuma has claimed that the State Capture Commission is being used to destroy his reputation.Zuma was speaking at a podium outside the Commission’s Parktown offices in Johannesburg.

His lawyer had earlier threatened that Zuma would withdraw from the Commission over claims of unfairness. However, Justice Raymond Zondo has secured an agreement from Zuma’s legal team that they will continue to participate.

The Commission has adjourned for the day and Zuma has addressed his supporters outside the Commission’s offices.

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In the Sunday Times, The late Minister Chabane's spokesperson Brent Simmons says Zuma lied under oath about Maseko's removal. I wonder if Zuma is bust reflecting on the parts of his testimony that's going to haunt him.
 
thechamp said:
In the Sunday Times, The late Minister Chabane's spokesperson Brent Simmons says Zuma lied under oath about Maseko's removal. I wonder if Zuma is bust reflecting on the parts of his testimony that's going to haunt him.
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Link is paywalled: https://www.timeslive.co.za/politic...-staff-accuse-jacob-zuma-of-lying-under-oath/
The former spokesperson for late minister Collins Chabane, Brent Simmons, says former president Jacob Zuma lied under oath when he told the Zondo commission he did not instruct Chabane to fire former cabinet spokesman Themba Maseko.

Simmons told the Sunday Times that he and several staff members who worked in Chabane’s ministry are prepared to testify that Zuma called Chabane and instructed him to end Maseko’s tenure as head of the Government Communication & Information System (GCIS) and told him to replace Maseko with Mzwanele Manyi.

“I told the commission that I will testify and I can say under oath that Zuma’s PA called minister Chabane on his chief of staff’s phone and gave him a clear instruction not to renew Maseko’s contract as head of GCIS and to replace him with Jimmy Manyi,” he said.
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Unless they recorded the instructions with Zuma's signature on he'll soldier on denying everything. I'm sure he'd refuse to admit culpability even if they presented video evidence
 
R13... said:
Unless they recorded the instructions with Zuma's signature on he'll soldier on denying everything. I'm sure he'd refuse to admit culpability even if they presented video evidence
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The article is pretty clear:
But Simmons, who earlier deposed that he was present when Zuma asked Chabane to assist family members with government contracts, said Zuma had lied under oath.

“Zuma was abroad when he made the call. His PA called the chief of staff. They spoke and the minister was very upset that he was made to do this. They can even check the call history,” Simmons said.
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Source: https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-times-1107/20190721/281633896826064

He said Chabane told him that Zuma was adamant that Manyi should be the head of the GCIS. “I worked closely with minister Chabane. Many of his staff, too. He told all of us that he was upset that he had to do that. He didn’t have a good relationship with Manyi,” Simmons said.

Maseko, one of the first witnesses to implicate Zuma, said last year that in 2010 the Guptas pressured him to ensure their publication, The New Age, received the government’s entire R600m advertising spend.

He said he was called by Ajay Gupta, who told him that his failure to co-operate would be reported to his seniors to “sort him out”.
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R13... said:
Unless they recorded the instructions with Zuma's signature on he'll soldier on denying everything. I'm sure he'd refuse to admit culpability even if they presented video evidence
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I noted the part where it is Zuma's PA who relayed Zuma's demands to Chabane, let's hope the PA is still alive.
 
Wily JZ seems to be outrunning everyone who thought this commission would be his grave.

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TysonRoux said:
We already know how much you love trolling when it comes to your dear leader, but how about you explain what makes you think Zupta is "outrunning everyone"?
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He has already forced the commission to be suspended for a day and made them change their style of questioning. What makes you think he's my 'dear leader'?
 
If this actually happens it would expose the corrupt cadres.

Lifestyle audits to be standard practice in public service

Public service minister Senzo Mchunu says the audits will test whether state employees’ lifestyle is in line with their income

Following revelations at the ongoing commission of inquiry into state capture‚ there have been growing calls for all senior government officials to undergo lifestyle audits.

However‚ it is not mandated to conduct lifestyle audits on members of the executive‚ which includes members of cabinet and deputy ministers.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said previously that in a separate process‚ the entire executive and his cabinet would undergo lifestyle audits.
 
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