Upstanding citizens who volunteered to assist the state capture inquiry's fact-finding mission are expected to foot their own legal bills.
The former minister's senior counsel says his client is 'entitled' to state-sponsored legal representationFormer SAA boss Sizakele Mzimela believes it is unfair for the state to pay the legal fees of former ministers and state officials, such as Malusi Gigaba. File photo.Upstanding citizens who volunteered to assist the state capture inquiry's fact-finding mission are expected to foot their own legal bills.
This is troubling for former SAA CEO Sizakele Mzimela who appeared at the Zondo commission on Tuesday to be cross-examined by lawyers for ex-public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba. “When I came here the first time around, one was doing one's duty to the country in coming forward with whatever evidence we had,” said Mzimela.
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