A timeline from 2016 to today
12 January 2021
Raymond Zondo demands that Zuma reappear at the commission.
The commission serves a written notice on Jacob Zuma, reminding him that he is compelled to appear before the commission the following week and would be guilty of a criminal offence if he fails to do so.
28 January 2021
No one is above the law, the Constitutional Court tells
Jacob Zuma.
The former president is ordered to comply with all summonses issued to him by the Zondo commission into state capture. He also does not have the right to remain silent during his appearances before the commission, the Constitutional Court rules.
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February 2021
Zuma refuses to testify in the Zondo commission, saying he’d rather go to jail.
Former president Jacob Zuma says he will defy the Constitutional Court order, accusing the court of political bias and the commission of persecuting him in a manner reminiscent of the apartheid regime.
27 April 2021
Gigaba considered Guptas his unofficial advisers, estranged wife tells Zondo.
Malusi Gigaba considered the Gupta brothers — Ajay in particular — his unofficial advisers while he served as a cabinet minister, his estranged wife tells the commission.
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Ramaphosa distances himself
April 2021
from dubious Zuma-era appointments.
President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his first appearance before the commission.
28 June 2021
High court grants Zondo commission a three-month extension.
The Pretoria high court grants the Zondo commission a threemonth extension, until the end of September.
29 June 2021
Zuma sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court.
The Constitutional Court, in a majority ruling, finds the former president in contempt of court and sentences him to prison for 15 months for violating the authority of the court.
8 July 2021
Zuma goes to prison.
After a tense standoff outside his Nkandla home, Jacob Zuma is taken to the Estcourt correctional centre in Kwazulu-natal.
16 September 2021
Zondo asks court for state capture commission report deadline to be extended to December.
The commission’s chairperson asks for yet another extension to adequately complete its report.
Unhinged, paranoid: The Zondo villains
29 September 2021
High court grants Zondo a three-month extension.
For the fifth and final time, the Zondo commission’s time is extended and the final report is now due at the end of 2021.