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Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo is hearing a request from Jacob Zuma’s lawyers for his disqualification from the state’s arrest commission of inquiry.
FILE: Vice President of the Supreme Court Zondo during the first public hearing on allegations of state capture in Johannesburg on August 20, 2018. Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG – Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo said he did not have personal relationships with former President Jacob Zuma and did not socialize with him, but they had both attended similar official meetings.
Zuma is expected to request the disqualification of Zondo as chair of the state’s capture investigation and will attend in person.
Zondo previously said that he had a relationship and a child with the sister of one of Zuma’s wives 25 years ago, which was before Zuma met his wife.
Zondo began by clarifying what Zuma’s legal team had referred to as historical family ties between them.
He said they had invited each other to official meetings but they were all over 13 years ago.
Zondo said neither he nor Zuma attended each other’s family gatherings or funerals.
The vice president of the Supreme Court said he has presided over several court cases involving both Zuma and his son, Duduzane, and that their impartiality has never been questioned.
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