NATIONAL NEWS - There’s still no word from the Presidency following damning judgments against President Jacob Zuma.
The High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday rejected all of the president’s grounds for reviewing the State of Capture remedial action and ordered that he personally pay the costs of his failed attempt to block its release.
Zuma had launched the application on the eve of the release of the report last year on grounds that he wasn’t given an opportunity to respond to the allegations against him.
In back-to-back judgments, Judge President Dunstan Mlambo described Zuma as reckless, an abuser of the judicial process and showing disregard for the constitutional duties of the Public Protector.
Over the course of several hours and spread over two judgments, the court made it clear what it thought of Zuma’s conduct.
Still no word from Presidency following judgments against Zuma
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