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IFP Wants Zuma to Appear Before Zondo Commission to Prevent Imitation

Wednesday, March 03, 2021 at 10:31 AM by Reeshni Chetty

- The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) released a statement regarding former president Jacob Zuma

- The IFP's national executive committee (NEC) wants JZ to bite the bullet and appear before the State Capture Commission

- The IFP listed various reasons why it believes it is necessary for Zuma to submit to appearing at the Commission

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The Inkatha Freedom Party's (IFP) national executive committee (NEC) has joined calls for former president Jacob Zuma to appear before the Zondo Commission. The party issued a statement on Tuesday, 2 March.

The IFP said that Zuma's decision to defy the Constitutional Court ruling to appear before the Commission was not justified, adding that contempt of court is unlawful and intentional.

The party called on Zuma to appear before the court to avoid setting a precedent that anyone is above the rule of law. The IFP believes that JZ should lead by example as his actions could be emulated.

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IFP wants Zuma to appear before Zondo Commission to set record straight — The IFP has joined calls for former president Jacob Zuma to appear before the Zondo Commission after he defied a Constitutional Court order. Image: @vf_hlabisa / Twitter and Ulrich Baumgarten
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IOL reported that the IFP wants Msholozi to submit his evidence as the Commission was set up by him on the instruction of the Public Protector to address matters relating to state capture. SowetanLIVE reported that Zuma's appearance is about the country and 'setting the record straight'.

Briefly.co.za recently reported that the Jacob Zuma Foundation released a statement about the Zondo Commission. The former president's daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, shared an image of the statement to Twitter.

The statement accused Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo of 'abusing' his position by instructing his subordinates to 'bend the laws' of the country.

The application by the Commission follows Zuma's refusal to appear before the court resulting in the Commission making an urgent application to the Constitutional Court, according to News24.

Zuma refused to comply with three summonses that were issued by the court for him to appear.

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The Zuma Foundation also requested that his case be 'struck off the roll' after slamming the National Prosecuting Authority. The call from the Jacob G Zuma foundation comes after it claimed that the National Prosecuting Authority planned to postpone the arms deal matter to 17 May.

In the meantime, Zuma has been enjoying tea with many politicians and other well-known names. The ANC Women's League confirmed their tea date with the former president last week.

Many South Africans have headed online to speculate about why they are going. A lot of people also joked about the various tea parties the former president has had in the last few weeks. Read some of their comments below:

Brutus Mojela Mojela said:

"Zuma already said a drum is always full of tea for anyone who still want to pay a visit and apparently msholozi is still the king of ANC structures and they still regard him as their president."