STAFF REPORTER
DEPUTY Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is expected to announce his decision on whether he will remain as chairperson of the State Capture Inquiry on Thursday morning at 10am.
Zuma has made an urgent application to have Zondo recused, because he believes Zondo is ‘biased’ and he will therefore not receive a fair hearing during State Capture proceedings.
Responding to Zuma’s application during Monday’s hearing, Zondo did not directly address the accusation that he was biased but said any suggestion he had a personal friendship with Zuma was “inaccurate” and “untrue”.
However, in a new affidavit on Wednesday, the former president disputed Zondo’s version of events, arguing that the two were indeed friends and shared conversations at his Forest Town house in Johannesburg and at his official residence in Durban.
“I have noted the Chairperson while accepting that our relationship was cordial and pleasant, disputes that we were friends.
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