Jacob Zuma’s own comments about the judiciary have come back to haunt him

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ICYMI: Former president Jacob Zuma’s defiance of the commission of inquiry probing high-level corruption during his time in office, and his outright attacks on the judiciary, will cost him just over a year of his freedom.

The former president also took aim at the very court which had been asked to rule on the matter, saying there were signs that South Africa was descending into a “judicial dictatorship”.

“We have in South Africa today the gradual entrenchment of the counter-majoritarian problem. Unfortunately, when people rise up against this judicial corruption, our young democracy will unravel and many democratic gains will be lost in the ashes that will be left of what used to be our democratic state.”

In a scathing 127-page judgment, Justice Khampepe expressed concern that Zuma’s attacks on the judiciary could inspire others to follow suit unless he is stopped in his tracks. “Indeed, if we do not intervene immediately to send a clear message to the public that this conduct stands to be rebuked in the strongest of terms, there is a real and imminent risk that a mockery will be made of this court and the judicial process in the eyes of the public.

 

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