LIVE | BREAKING: Zuma retracts decision to withdraw from the Zondo commission

ShareZondo says it was made clear to Zuma that the evidence to be put to him would be from specific witnesses. Those statements were sent to him. All statements were put in lever arch files and sent to him. It was acknowledged this week that the files were receives by Zuma's attorneys, Zondo says. Zondo says the decision to ask the former president to appear at the commission,"was my decision, and my decision alone.

"I therefore don't want Mr Pretorius or the commission's legal team to be criticised for the decision that I made. I believe it was the correct decision - I still believe it is the correct decision. In this room, I am the only person who ultimately must make decisions... I and I alone must make those decisions. I believe that as far as is practicable, I must hear all sides. And it is in that context that I made a decision, that I'd like to hear the former president's side of the story."COMMENT: Zondo is clearly disappointed by the way things have turned out. He is also visibly irritated that he did not know that talks between the teams had broken down by yesterday evening.

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