Zuma to appear before Zondo inquiry in November
Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to make his second appearance before the state capture commission in November.
Zuma was originally due to appear on October 21, but the commission said it was informed that the former president and his legal representatives were unavailable because of circumstances relating to his criminal trial.
Zuma appeared in the Pietermaritzberg high court this week on graft charges relating the multibillion-rand arms deal.
He informed the court that he would be appealing against the dismissal of his application for a permanent stay of prosecution.
On Thursday, the state capture inquiry said commission chair deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo had previously set down November 11-15 for Zuma’s next appearance.
It said Zuma had agreed to appear on those dates, and so they still stood.
Further dates for his appearance would be communicated in due course.
At his first appearance at the commission in July, Zuma was evasive, and times seemed irritated by the fact that he was even being questioned, complaining that it was more of a cross-examination.
The inquiry has now given the former president a document with “areas of interest” that he will need to address at his next appearance. This was as a result of an agreement reached between his lawyers and the commission. He has yet to provide an affidavit detailing his responses to the topics he has been asked to address.