Former president Jacob Zuma has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of being above the law for not showing up in court.
The former president's private prosecution case has been postponed to August.Zuma has now turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal , where the case was postponed on Thursday to 6 August, pending Zuma’s appeal.“We come to court all the time, but the president has never been in court. This shows South Africa is not the South Africa we fought for.
“The judges want us here day or night, but they fear a person of this country who should be following the law and should be an example of upholding the law. “Mr Ramaphosa doesn’t respect the law because he doesn’t come to court even though he has got a case against him. He is the only prisoner that doesn’t come to jail or court, but, us, we are forced,” he told the crowd in IsiZulu.“One day, I went to Cuba and my lawyers told the court that I was not well and went to see the doctors, but there was a judge that said ‘I want him here in court’, ‘he has to be here in court’.”“This leader is a problem. Since he took over, we have had problems.
Zuma weighed in the recent decision taken by the Electoral Commission of South Africa to bar him from taking part in the upcoming elections, which has since beenenter into politics? Their job is to help citizens vote. Who the next president of the nation is is none of their business. They saw my name and now they are saying Zuma will never go there,” the former president continued.
He claimed that by the time the private prosecution case returns to court in August, the MK party will be in government.South AfricaMiss SA princess Sasha-Lee Walton mourned after passing
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