Riyaz Patel
Journalist and broadcaster Redi Tlhabi has applied to give evidence as well as to cross-examine Jacob Zuma at the public inquiry into state capture following the claims the former president made about her during his testimony at the commission last week.
Zuma said Tlhabi is working on a film about his rape trial which he was acquitted of in 2007.
“The movie Redi Tlhabi is making is being done in the United States and is named ‘Raped by Power,'” Zuma said at the commission, and aims to push the narrative that Zuma is a rapist.
In the letter sent to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture by Webber Wentzel Attorneys, Tlhabi denies Zuma’s claims and describes his statements as “false and defamatory.”
The letter also states that the allegations created the impression that Thlabi had been instructed by foreign agents to disseminate negative propaganda against Zuma.
“As a
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