Simon Nare
Retired Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe, chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation cases inquiry, has dismissed separate applications by former presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki calling for her recusal, ruling they had failed to present any proof of reasonable or actual bias.
The commission is investigating allegations that attempts were made to stop the investigation or prosecution of TRC cases.
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In a ruling released on Friday morning, Khampepe said both Mbeki and Zuma had not established any reasonable apprehension of bias, either on the facts or in law, and “fell remarkably short of displacing the presumption of judicial impartiality”.
“The claims, by both former Presidents Zuma and Mbeki, are based simply on generalised suspicions and claims, with no attempt to state what I did or when during those times, that is relevant to the work of
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