R60 000 fine to be split between schools

This was followed by the party’s statement, saying: “The ANC expresses its sincere gratitude to Edward for respecting and subjecting himself to the political discipline of the organisation.”

Initially the SAHRC wanted Zuma to be fined R100 000 and the money donated to Umthombo Secondary School in Howick, Midlands.

However, after Zuma had admitted to acting improperly, both parties settled on a R60 000 fine, which would be split between the SAHRC’s chosen Ohlange High School in Inanda, north of Durban, and Umthombo.

Zuma accused Gordhan of being “one of the most corrupt cadres of the ANC who thinks African natives are no better than just being sugar cane cutters who must be forever subservient to a master like him for sustenance”. Zuma said Gordhan preferred “natives to be perennially marginalised and always eat the leftovers dished by Indians and the white minority and its capital network”.

Zuma also wrote that Hanekom was a “white Afrikaner askari”, a “white monopoly capitalist offspring – who is no better than a vile dog trained to maul a black skin, showed us his true colours – and how the struggle of our people has been infiltrated by enemies – the racist-paternalistic minority.”

Neither Gordhan or Hanekom took action against Zuma, but SAHRC chairperson Bongani Majola did, with an aim of “promoting the protection, development and attainment of human rights”.