By Simon Nare
Former president Jacob Zuma has threatened to approach the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and ultimately the courts if the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Inquiry refuses to accept that its chairperson, retired Justice Sisi Khampepe, should recuse herself.
Zuma’s legal representative, Advocate Dali Mpofu SC, has told the commission ithat it would be untenable for the former president to appear before an inquiry chaired by Khampepe, given her conduct and her past roles in institutions now under scrutiny.
The commission, established by President Cyril Ramaphosa, is probing why the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) failed to prosecute cases referred to it by the TRC.
Zuma and fellow former president Thabo Mbeki have applied for Khampepe’s recusal, citing her previous service on the TRC Amnesty Committee and her tenure as deputy national director of public prosecutions.
On Friday, the three-member panel — comprising Khampepe as chairperson, retired Northern Cape
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