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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Former president Jacob Zuma will again not be making an appearance at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, this time blaming an application to set aside the Deputy Chief Justice\u2019s refusal to recuse himself from the hearings.<\/p>\n

Zuma informed the commission through his attorney that he would not be appearing at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday.<\/p>\n

The news came after the commission’s secretary, Itumeleng Mosala, wrote to Zuma earlier this week informing him to present himself from next Monday until Friday, even though a decision was pending from the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n

The commission had approached the highest court in the land to compel Zuma to answer questions after he was implicated in testimonies by several witnesses.<\/p>\n

This happened at a time when Zuma had made an application to review and set aside Justice Zondo\u2019s refusal to recuse himself from the hearing because the former president said they were friends.<\/p>\n

“The review application is yet to be determined by the court. In our respectful view, president Zuma can only be legally obliged to appear after his review application has been determined,” said Zuma’s lawyer, Eric Mabuza.<\/p>\n

Mabuza also said that Zuma wanted to wait for the outcome of the decision of the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe again place on record what we have previously stated regarding how the commission continues to display conduct that shows clear bias against president Zuma. In this instance, the commission now seeks to undermine a pending Constitutional Court judgment in pursuance of president Zuma,\u201d Mabuza said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease be reminded that president Zuma enjoys no lesser rights than any other citizen of this country and the commission has no powers whatsoever to act in a way that undermines president Zuma\u2019s constitutional rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Zondo said during the commission’s hearing that he acknowledged Zuma\u2019s letter to the commission.<\/p>\n

Former Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe meanwhile appeared at the commission yesterday and used the opportunity to attack President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

He accused him of being used by mining giant Glencore for political protection and influence.<\/p>\n

Molefe told the commission of inquiry that Ramaphosa was aware of what Glencore wanted when it made him chairperson of Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) in 2012, after it acquired the company that it would later sell on to the controversial fugitive Gupta family.<\/p>\n

\u201cRamaphosa must have know about what Glencore sought to achieve, he was the chairperson of a company that was bought without a due diligence, he was chairperson when the penalties were imposed, he was still chairperson of OCM when the unlawful agreement that sought to increase the price of coal from R150 and set aside the penalties was negotiated with certain members of Eskom staff in 2014,\u201d Molefe testified.<\/p>\n

He was referring to the R2 billion in penalties that Eskom issued to Glencore.<\/p>\n

\u201dHe knew that he was being used for his political standing and hoped to influence matters in Glencore\u2019s favour,\u201d said Molefe. \u201cHe is not na\u00efve and has been dealing with corporates which gave him his riches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Molefe\u2019s testimony is not the first time the claims about Ramaphosa using his political clout to favour Glencore have been made.<\/p>\n

In his 2016 book Murder At Small Koppie: The Real Story of the Marikana Massacre, photojournalist Greg Marinovich writes that an interviewee who wanted to remain anonymous told him that a Glencore executive informed business partners that: \u201cI don\u2019t want to be crude, but we made him\u201d, and that Shanduka Coal, which was Ramaphosa\u2019s company at the time, was Glencore\u2019s front.<\/p>\n

When the book was published, Ramaphosa was the country\u2019s deputy president and his office denied the claims.<\/p>\n

Molefe said that mere mortals like him simply do not stand a chance when they pit themselves against these powerful forces who were trying to extort R8bn from a state-owned entity, Eskom.<\/p>\n

The R8bn is what Glencore\u2019s demand that Eskom increase the price of coal per ton from R150 to R530 would have cost the power utility over three years and the writing off of R2bn in penalties incurred by the company.<\/p>\n

Molefe also expressed his displeasure at ex-Public Protector Thuli Madonsela for her 2016 state of capture report that led to the establishment of the commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear that Glencore had unfettered access to Thuli Madonsela and were able to impress on her what their beef with Eskom was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Molefe accused Madonsela of not bothering to interview him for his side of the story as required by the Public Protector Act.<\/p>\n

Molefe could not complete his testimony yesterday after Justice Zondo announced that an official working closely with him tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the country\u2019s second most senior judge to self-isolate.<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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