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‘Zuma knows his hands are dirty‚’ former ConCourt judge Yacoob tells Save South Africa

FILE PICTURE: Circa Aprill 2014. Zac Yacoob . Former Constitutional Court judge. Pic: SUPPLIED
FILE PICTURE: Circa Aprill 2014. Zac Yacoob . Former Constitutional Court judge. Pic: SUPPLIED

Former Constitutional Court judge Zak Yacoob‚ who has been a vocal critic of President Jacob Zuma‚ told the Save South Africa People’s Assembly on Wednesday morning that he is no longer a member of the ruling party.

Yacoob urged South Africans to remember the values enshrined in the Constitution‚ saying it was the duty of the nation to hold corrupt leaders to account.

He said that it was with a sense of shame that he reported that he is one of the reasons that the Constitution does not have any anti-corruption clauses‚ but that he was turning to the “honest” people of South Africa to show that he was correct in insisting on this exclusion.

“The honest people of South Africa will ensure [that corruption] is dealt with.”

Yacoob also spoke extensively on the call for Zuma’s resignation and the prosecution of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan‚ which was dropped this week.

Here are some nuggets from Yacoob’s speech:

- “Many people say we have a particular view of Pravin Gordhan‚ that when we say ‘hands off Gordhan’ we don’t want him to face the law. I will make it quite clear that what we are saying is‚ ‘All dirty hands of Pravin Gordhan’.”

- “If I had to say now that Jacob Zuma’s hands are clean he would be the first to laugh at me. He knows his hands are dirty.”

- “If Zuma resigns tomorrow we have not won our struggle. We have had a small victory and nothing more. Our first objective of course is that Zuma must fall‚ but our president is not only one man … it follows that there is dirt on the hands of the majority of the NEC of the African National Congress.”

- “I am no longer an ANC member.”

- “We have now realised the idiocy of trusting political parties … Come 2019 we are only going to vote for political parties who deserve it. If none deserve it we will withhold our vote.”

The gathering gave Yacoob a standing ovation when he finished speaking. – TMG Digital

 

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