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Political analyst Ralph Mathekga said one thing former President Jacob Zuma and EFF leader Julius Malema seemed to have in common was investigations into their conduct by the Zondo Investigation.
FILE: EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media during a virtual press conference in Braamfontein on October 26, 2020. Image: @ EFFSouthAfrica / Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema’s request to meet Jacob Zuma for tea has raised questions about his intentions and motivations, given his bitter history and the former president’s defiance of the Constitutional Court.
The Zondo Commission of Inquiry has announced that it will file a criminal complaint against Zuma for refusing to appear before Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo last month based on his subpoena.
However, Zuma insists that he would rather go to jail than appear before the commission.
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Julius Malema’s tweet drew attention Wednesday when he used the social media platform to approach Zuma and ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.
Zuma replied a few hours later, also on Twitter, saying: ‘As you know, Nkandla village is my home and that’s where I spend my time these days. Tea I have in abundance, you are more than welcome to come for a cup’ “.
Thobela Moshabi. I’ve seen your request to share a cup of tea. As you know, Nkandla village is my home and that is where I spend my time these days. I have a lot of tea, you are more than welcome to come have a cup. https://t.co/7Okdw94WAH
Jacob G Zuma (@PresJGZuma) February 3, 2021
In October, sunday time reported that the state capture commission had issued subpoenas to South Africa’s major banks to provide all of Malema’s financial records, along with those of his wife and late grandmother.
Political analyst Ralph Mathekga said one thing Zuma and Malema seemed to have in common was investigations into their conduct by the Zondo Investigation.
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“Malema could be seeing what awaits him and could be building alliances against the commission. That is the only thing we can find here because there is nothing strategic that one can say that they are going to discuss, except something that puts them in place.”
On Wednesday, the secretary general of the African National Congress (ANC), Ace Magashule, came out to bat for Zuma and said the former president should be left alone.
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