Zuma 'too busy staying out of jail' to attend Ramaphosa's presidential inauguration

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Former president Jacob Zuma has snubbed the inauguration of his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, which is currently under way in Pretoria.

“If you don’t see me in some things, you must know I am busy. Tomorrow, the president is being inaugurated and there will be dignitaries and presidents. As they are inaugurating him, I am in jail. I don’t have time to go there because I am busy here, trying to stay out of jail,” said Zuma, speaking in isiZulu.

It is unprecedented for a former president to snub the event. Zuma’s predecessor, Mbeki, despite their frosty relationship, attended both his inaugurations in 2009 and 2014.Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated as president of South Africa's sixth democratically-elected government on May 25 2019. This was the moment when Cyril Ramaphosa took the oath of office as president and signed the oath certificate.

 

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fake media at it again. sawing division amongst african leaders. there is nothing bad o talk about now they start with dividing the ANC leadership. u r distributing fake news to make quick cash thats all. your WMC propaganda did not work during the election n u lost direction

Ramaphosa himself didn't attend Nelson Mandela inauguration.owani umsindo ongaka

Zuma..🤔🤔🤔

Did Ramaphosa attend Nelson Mandela's historical inauguration?

Shame perhaps he couldn't afford to get there......Those lawyer's fees are growing by the day

Who cares, let him stay away, he must know that the country is moving forward. He is not bigger than the country

Aii this guy

You can always trust the media to intentionally twist things out of proportion, more esp when it comes to Zuma

What a loser! good ridden! A waste of our 10 years. that’s disrespectful. Mbeki attended his even after He got him removed inauguration19 PresidentialInauguration Zuma CyrilRamaphosa

PresJGZuma He should have known. He said it himself that corruption should not be tolerated. Is there anyone in Africa more corrupt Duduzane__Zuma ? MYANC News24 SABCNewsOnline

Can you actually believe this man?! I actually think he believes that he has done nothing wrong, he only just brought SA to its knees, but other than that - he is innocent🙄

Let the mdala enjoy him self,until found guilty

This old crook is gon die a bitter man...

He still asking what he did when told to resign 😂 he need to grow that situation

StateCaptureUpd What did you expect him to do, he's a wanted man and there were far too many police officers there to miss him

Was he invited

His friends are trying what they can

What I can tell you is that Zuma’s moves are well calculated.. I’ll leave it there

Good he has brought to much damage jail is close too him

He's scared he might have bump into Putin. He still owes him the money he took for delivering Nuclear. While Libya is still looking for Gadaffi millions. So, he couldn't take the risk of being embarrassed in front of the whole world..

Ag shame man... give him a break! Poor guy was searching for socks and caps! 😂

So petty... pushing an anti-Ramaphosa agenda

I blame black monopoly capital

The work of the day is over sir. Show us how strong and reliable u r. Remove thief Pravin with immediate effect now now now, if not u will go with him. Dont say u r shocked never!👆👆👆

Does it matter he deed well for not coming to save the boos from ppl...

He had to sell his socks. No funds.

🤣😂

We don't care we know that he dasnt ramaphosa and he never wanted him to be a president

How is CyrilRamaphosa a successor to PresJGZuma now, when he succeeded him almost 14 months ago? If there are sour grapes, its good not to pretend. Was Mbeki at Motlanthes inauguratio n?, if any was held

ANC internal fights that's why

Wasnt it enough he helped with the campaign. He will never come .

He must go to jail this one🤞🏽

He failed to stop the ANC,

jealousy ereng mo go accuse No 1?

We wont miss him at all

Does it really matter that he didn’t attend? Snub, huh? As if it wasn’t expected

Can we please leave JZ alone assemblief. The dude doesn’t want to attend this party. He’ll come next time

A good decision, we had enough of his stealing tendencies. He is a con who loves to potray himself as a victim, he sold SA to foreign criminals (The Guptas) 🤮🤮

Not an issue, Cyril snubbed Mandela's inauguration. Zuma is no longer important lets get over him.

Let’s there is a Valid reason why Ubaba could not attend

🤪🤣🤮

Khaniyeke Nxamalala hoye ityala lakhe

No money for Uber?

Who cares. He should be in jail for the part he played in the looting, pillaging, poverty stricken junk status that is SA.

He's not missed,good riddance

Mare o eneo o 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

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