Advocate Mxolisi Zondo says he will not apply to cross-examine witnesses because he considers such a “fool’s errand”.
JOHANNESBURG - Advocate Mxolisi Zondo – who has been accused of impropriety at the state capture commission of inquiry – has told Eyewitness News he regards the allegations against him as utter nonsense, purely conjecture and without supporting facts and evidence.
“All I can surmise is nothing more than conjecture and/or speculation or suspicion of bias and therefore impropriety based on one’s pure fundamentally flawed opinion which is neither supported by facts or evidence of any wrongdoing or impropriety on my part,” says Zondo. “In his written ruling, Zondo concedes that it would have been fair to hear Sesoko’s version of events but bizarrely dismisses him with immediate effect, without allowing him to state his defence because the medical certificate submitted by Sesoko’s counsel was from a general practitioner and not from a specialist. Furthermore, Sesoko’s dismissal was on the basis of hearsay evidence of a single witness,” said Mcbride.
Attorney Victor Nkhwashu said Zondo's judgment was poorly reasoned. "The body of the judgment does not correlate with the bottom finding of the judgment. The judgment is legally flawed." Zondo found that while Sibiya was not involved in the arrest of the suspects he did know about the operation and gave clearance for it.
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