Judge Mlambo erred on state capture ruling – Zuma
Johannesburg – Just days after the ANC during its 54th elective conference said that a commission of inquiry into state capture must be instituted urgently, President Jacob Zuma is appealing the North Gauteng High Court judgment on state capture.
In court papers filed on Friday morning, Zuma said the High Court in Pretoria erred in law when it ruled that he was ill-advised and reckless when he launched an application to set aside then Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's remedial actions in her State of Capture report.
Zuma also insists that Madonsela's decision to call for a commission of inquiry was based on "untested suspicions".
In her report, Madonsela said a judge appointed by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng must oversee the judicial inquiry as Zuma was implicated in the allegations of state capture through his friends, the Gupta family.
Madonsela investigated allegations of undue influence on the state and state-owned entities by the Guptas.