Zuma has no grounds to stop state capture inquiry - Mkhwebane
12 July 2017
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has no grounds on which to attack the remedial action former public protector Thuli Madonsela set out in her State of Capture report, her successor says in court papers.
His application for a court to review and set aside Madonsela’s recommendations lacks any prospect of success, Busisiwe Mkhwebane says in an affidavit filed with the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday.
There is no basis to stop the implementation of the recommendations pending the review, she argues.
In December 2016, Zuma asked the High Court in Pretoria to set aside Madonsela’s recommendations. These included that the Chief Justice should appoint a judge to chair a commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture.