Zuma Given Space to Weigh South African Graft Probe Response
- Ex-president defied Constitutional Court’s order to testify
- Contempt of court case is due to be heard on March 25
This article is for subscribers only.
The top six leaders of South Africa’s ruling party held an online meeting with former President Jacob Zuma on Monday to discuss his refusal to testify before a panel that’s probing graft during his rule, but their seven hours of talks failed to produce a decisive outcome.
Zuma told the African National Congress’s leaders that he’d been subjected to unfair persecution and prosecution over the course of two decades, and it was agreed he be “given space” to decide on his next course of action, Ace Magashule, the party’s secretary-general, told reporters after the meeting.