SOUTH Africa’s beleaguered ex-president Jacob Zuma vowed Monday to not appear before a judicial panel probing corruption during his nine-year tenure, defying a court order compelling him to testify.
Zuma, 78, has played cat-and-mouse with the commission since it was set up in 2018 to investigate looting of state coffers during his rule.
He accuses the commission of bias and has demanded that its chair, deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, recuse himself from the anti-graft inquiry.
However, Zondo has dismissed the calls, saying Zuma failed to make a case that he was being unfair.
The commission “can expect no further cooperation from me in any of their processes going forward,” Zuma said in a statement.
Zuma, while highlighting his anti-apartheid exploits, said he was ready for “the law to take its course” and did not fear being arrested, convicted or incarcerated.
“The wrath visited upon me as an individual knows
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