The application by President Jacob Zuma to stop the release of the former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on state capture got underway before a full bench of the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning.
United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa‚ whose party is one of a number which seeks to intervene in the matter to order the release of the report‚ attended the proceedings on Tuesday morning.
Also present was Democratic Alliance federal chairman James Selfe‚ Congress of the People leader Mosiuoua Lekota and former Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi.
Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said the first issue that had to be determined was who was in the matter.
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He said there was the main applicant‚ who is Zuma‚ and a number of intervening applications — parties which wanted to intervene in the application.
“The first issue we would want to deal with is the issue of intervention applications‚’ Mlambo said. Sitting with him to hear the matter are Deputy Judge President on the High Court in Johannesburg Phineas Mojapelo and Judge Dawie Fourie.
On Monday‚ Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen and Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane brought last-minute applications on Monday to stop the release of the report.
The application by Van Rooyen follows a report in the Sunday Times‚ in which Van Rooyen is alleged to have visited the Gupta family seven times in the days before he was appointed as finance minister in December last year.
The newspaper said the visits were revealed during the probe into alleged state capture by the family.
Van Rooyen said he had been lulled into a false sense of security by assurances given to him by Madonsela that he was not implicated.
Van Rooyen said none of the allegations contained in the Sunday Times report were revealed to him by Madonsela‚ nor was he asked to comment on such implications.
Zwane said on Monday he had no option but to now become involved in this matter as he was not afforded an opportunity to answer allegations levelled against him. These allegations were contained in a letter he received from the public protector‚ Zwane said in a statement.
— TMG Digital
Political heavyweights in attendance as state capture court case gets underway
The application by President Jacob Zuma to stop the release of the former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on state capture got underway before a full bench of the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning.
United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa‚ whose party is one of a number which seeks to intervene in the matter to order the release of the report‚ attended the proceedings on Tuesday morning.
Also present was Democratic Alliance federal chairman James Selfe‚ Congress of the People leader Mosiuoua Lekota and former Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi.
Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said the first issue that had to be determined was who was in the matter.
WATCH LIVE: President Zuma interdict against state capture report
He said there was the main applicant‚ who is Zuma‚ and a number of intervening applications — parties which wanted to intervene in the application.
“The first issue we would want to deal with is the issue of intervention applications‚’ Mlambo said. Sitting with him to hear the matter are Deputy Judge President on the High Court in Johannesburg Phineas Mojapelo and Judge Dawie Fourie.
On Monday‚ Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen and Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane brought last-minute applications on Monday to stop the release of the report.
The application by Van Rooyen follows a report in the Sunday Times‚ in which Van Rooyen is alleged to have visited the Gupta family seven times in the days before he was appointed as finance minister in December last year.
The newspaper said the visits were revealed during the probe into alleged state capture by the family.
Van Rooyen said he had been lulled into a false sense of security by assurances given to him by Madonsela that he was not implicated.
Van Rooyen said none of the allegations contained in the Sunday Times report were revealed to him by Madonsela‚ nor was he asked to comment on such implications.
Zwane said on Monday he had no option but to now become involved in this matter as he was not afforded an opportunity to answer allegations levelled against him. These allegations were contained in a letter he received from the public protector‚ Zwane said in a statement.
— TMG Digital
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