Jacob Zuma: The time has come to speak the truth

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Former president appears before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture

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Former president Jacob Zuma appears before the state capture inquiry on July 15 2019. Picture: ALON SKUY

Zuma, who has been implicated in wrongdoing by a number of former and current cabinet ministers and senior government officials, expressed unhappiness about his resignation as president in February 2018, saying “it was not an innocent move”. He said he would go back to the commission and deal with issues that need to be dealt with, even though he didn't think there was anything requiring his clarification.He said during the struggle for freedom some people sold out for different reasons.recruited when he was a student in Lesotho to be a spy, an accusation Ramatlhodi denied.

Zuma said they had believed that under the ANC regime those who were doing wrong things would stop. “Now, we were thinking those who know they did wrong things they will stop. But it seems there is a new kind of bravery to those people. They participate in activities that are not taking our organisation and country forward,” said Zuma.

“They [said they] don’t know when will I use my knowledge to stop those spies from becoming the leaders of the ANC.” “It was not an innocent move. And because I love the ANC I didn’t want [to challenge it]. I said: ‘Fine let me resign, I will remain a member of the ANC forever’.”He called on ANC supporters to “remain in our trenches” and defend the ANC, which was at a critical moment in its history.

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