LIVE | Zuma ordered to pay costs to the commission as ConCourt dismisses his application
The Constitutional Court has dismissed former president Jacob Zuma's application to have the contempt of court judgment against him rescinded.
Khampepe says Zuma is seeking to reopen the merits of the contempt proceedings, which have been disposed of already, the majority judgment notes.The second judgment, which is a dissenting judgment, concluded that Zuma's rights were breached. It contended that recourse was required in terms of international law. It maintains that the order of the apex court is not compliant with the Constitution or international law and as such, can be rescinded.
The majority judgment finds that although there are circumstances which justify a rescission or expanding the grounds of such an application, there was nothing in Zuma's case that could be construed as exceptional allowing the court to consider expanding the grounds of rescission.The Constitutional Court finds that Zuma had multiple opportunities to bring these issues to the court, but chose not to. Further, the apex court finds that Zuma's grounds for rescission are devoid of merit.
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