THE much-anticipated meeting between the ANC’s top six and former president Jacob Zuma over his refusal to appear before the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture took place on Monday and was ‘constructive and positive’.
This was confirmed by the ANC’s Secretary General Ace Magashule during a media briefing at the party’s headquarters in Johannesburg.
The meeting comes after the ANC national executive committee (NEC) took a decision in February to ask national officials led by President Cyril Ramaphosa to engage Zuma on his decision to defy the commission.
“We indeed held a meeting with comrade Jacob Zuma. The meeting took place via Zoom from 10am to 17h30 on Monday,” said Magashule.
“We can confirm that it was indeed a good meeting – constructive and positive. We agreed to continuously engage on various issues, including his appearance before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry.”
Magashule said Zuma spoke openly to
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