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Duduzane Zuma. (Photo: Getty Images / Gallo Images)
- Duduzane Zuma, son of former President Jacob Zuma, has urged his father to “do what he has to do” if he feels the Zondo Commission is treating him unconstitutionally.
- Duduzane stated during a live interview with SABC3’s TrendingSA that he personally experienced his “constitutional rights trampled on” during his two court cases.
- Despite saying that the ANC needed young blood, Duduzane was not guided by whether he intended to start a political party.
Former President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, has urged his father to “do what he has to do” if he feels the Zondo Commission is treating him unconstitutionally.
Duduzane’s comments were made during an interview on SABC3’s TrendingSA on Monday, in response to the former president lashing out at the commission for requesting details of his children’s bank accounts as part of its investigation into the state capture.
In a statement released Friday, Zuma said it was concerned about a report alleging that the Zondo commission had issued subpoenas related to at least 20 accounts linked to the Zuma family.
Zuma said he “drew the line” for anyone targeting his children in investigations against him and that harassing them was a “declaration of war” in which he would defend with all his might.
Speaking from Dubai, Duduzane said that he personally had the experience that his “constitutional rights were trampled” by law enforcement agencies and the legal system, during the two court cases he faced.
Last year, Duduzane faced corruption charges, which were later provisionally dropped, after former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas claimed that the former president’s son had taken him to the Gupta home in Saxonwold. They then allegedly offered Jonas a 600 million rand bribe and the post of Finance Minister, just before then Minister Nhlanhla Nene was removed from office.
In July 2019, Duduzane was found not guilty of the wrongful death charge in Randburg Magistrates Court. He was tried after Phumzile Dube died in February 2014, when Duduzane’s car collided with a taxi in which she was riding.
“I have faced music, I have been in front of more than one judge, I have been in front of a commission, I don’t know what else to say,” Duduzane said during the live interview.
Before the broadcast interview, Duduzane posted a video of him answering a series of questions, including the political party he would vote for if he was barred from voting for the ANC.
“The ANC is not a political party, the ANC is an institution, the ANC is our history. The ANC is the only glue that holds society together today,” he said.
However, he added that the party could use some “fresh ideas” and “young blood.”
“There are no other options, but if there were to be some upstart political party led by more young people, they might get my attention,” he added.
Duduzane added that he would love to have dinner with EFF leader Julius Malema to understand “what his state of mind was and the courage he showed when he started his political party after he was kicked out of the ANC.”
During the live interview, Duduzane was asked if he planned to start a political party upon his return to South Africa, but he refused to be lured, saying only that he would “be wherever [he was] necessary”.
