DAYS OF ZONDO: Commission moves to summon Zuma as stakes increase By Greg Nicolson
He also failed to respond to allegations against him in writing, breaching an agreement he made with the commission.it is part of a decades-long campaign led by detractors and intelligence agencies to sideline him and bury the knowledge he gathered when he worked as head of ANC intelligence.
Much of the commission’s work relates to corruption allegations that occurred while Zuma was president, particularly concerning the Gupta family, and the commission has asked him to speak on evidence from witnesses who have directly implicated him.
Introducing harsher consequences for those who obstruct the inquiry might help the commission finish its work. Zondo has a February 2020 deadline to wrap up the inquiry, but he has applied for an extra 10 months, claiming the last year-and-a-half’s work , would be wasted if he’s forced to wrap up next month.
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