ConCourt is done ‘flogging a dead horse’: judge gives Zuma an earful

Acting chief justice Sisi Khampepe on Tuesday handed down a 15-month sentence to former president Jacob Zuma, and was openly critical of the former head of state's behaviour and attitude.Former president Jacob Zuma was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a Constitutional Court order to appear before the state capture commission.

“Never before has this court’s authority and legitimacy been subjected to the kinds of attacks Zuma has elected to launch against it and its members. Never before has the judicial process been so threatened,” the judgment read. Mr Zuma’s contempt of this Court’s order is both extraordinary and unprecedented in respect of just how blatant it is.“On the evidence placed before this court, there can be no doubt that Zuma is in contempt of court.Khampepe’s judgment also took aim at the different public comments Zuma had made while he refused to honour the directive from the apex court.

The judgment said Zuma’s statements - which it said showed the nature of the contempt - played a big role in sentencing. And, the court said, giving a sentence that tried to convince Zuma to comply to its earlier order was ““Coercive committal, through a suspended sentence, uses the threat of imprisonment to compel compliance.

“Zuma has demonstrated a marked disregard for the authority of this court and is resolute in his refusal to participate in the commission’s proceedings. Neither this court’s honour nor the public’s interest in Zuma’s testifying before the commission would be vindicated by a coercive order …Continuing in its scathing criticism, Khampepe’s judgment read:

Although Mr Zuma is no longer president, his conduct flies in the face of the obligation that he bore as president. It is disturbing that he, who twice swore allegiance to the republic, its laws and the constitution, has sought to ignore, undermine and, in many ways, destroy the rule of law altogether.

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