FORMER president Jacob Zuma has written a scathing letter to the Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, saying he has a duty to protect his constitutional rights, even at the risk of being imprisoned.
Zuma was given until Wednesday to reply to a directive issued by Mogoeng to pen a 15-page affidavit telling the apex court what the appropriate sanction should be if the Concourt finds him guilty of contempt of the order to appear before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture.
“I also have a duty to protect my constitutional rights even at the risk of being imprisoned. I have justturned79 years as I write this letter. I have not known the peace and the freedom that I committed the most active years of my life to. However, I watch the Constitutional Court which is charged with ensuring the safety of my constitutional rights, violate them with
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