DEPUTY Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has welcomed the decision by the Constitutional Court on former president Jacob Zuma, saying it reaffirms the supermacy of the Constitution and the principle that no one is above the law.
Zondo was briefing the media on Tuesday’s Constitutional Court judgment on Zuma’s contempt of court case.
He said the court’s decision reaffirmed the supremacy of the Constitution.
Zondo said it would have been better to have had Zuma appear before commission because he was implicated by at least 40 witnesses.
“But the commission has called several witnesses who have given evidence and many of them corroborating one another on various issues. So, I am satisfied that in the end, the commission will be able to make clear findings based on the evidence it has,” said Zondo.
“You must remember that all the affidavits of witnesses who have implicated Mr Zuma have been sent to
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