OPINION: This week Jacob Zuma has an opportunity to respond to all the allegations he’s been implicated in at the StateCaptureInquiry and to spill the beans, as he has always promised.
For a very long time former president Jacob Zuma has been consistent in his rallying cry to have his day in court. Yet he has done everything possible not to have his day in court. Exhilarated by his son, Duduzane Zuma’s acquittal of the culpable homicide and reckless driving charges on Friday, tomorrow he heads to the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture to give testimony or his side of the story.
Many of his supporters are expected to be bused in “to support him”, which has become the norm at his court appearances. There is little to expect from Zuma’s testimony if his dealings with the law are anything to go by. This is a man who thrives on being desultory and coy. Zuma has expressed where he stands with the commission, labelling it biased, “politicised” and lacking impartiality, and that it is under the control of forces he has failed to name. It’s a little wonder why he acquiesced to appear before it.
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