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LIVE: President must be held personally liable - #StateCapture judgment
2017-12-13 10:00
Judgment is expected in the North Gauteng High Court on the DA's application for an order that President Jacob Zuma adhere to the Public Protector's State of Capture remedial actions.
EFF is looking to attach Nkandla to recover legal costs, and
making the money available to the fiscus
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EFF lambasts the ANC for threats against judges who make
findings against the ruling party
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In the history of South Africa, Jacob #Zuma has today become the first President to be ordered by a High Court to be held personally liable for all legal costs. And the first to be lambasted by a Judge for an "unreasonable stance adopted" by a President.#StateCapture#ANC54
Maimane calls for judges to be appointed by Parliament,
independent of the president
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#Zuma’s inyanga has been working against him in 2017. Failed court actions after failed court actions. Now he must pay personally for the #StateCapture legal costs.
Zuma continually wastes taxpayer money, says DA leader Mmusi
Maimane
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President is ordered to personally pay the costs of
litigation from October 14
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#StateCapture@TeamNews24 Mlambo conduct of the Pres require a rebuke. There was no doubt that Zuma has reason in law to persist with this matter. Pres had attempted to interfer with the Constitutional obligation of the PP.
The president must have realised there was no basis for him
to persist with the litigation, says Mlambo
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#StateCapture Mlambo: Zuma’s assertion that he made a typing error in his statements that if the report is finalized it should be released does not address the second part of the statement. Frankly it was an attempt to buttress his urgent application.
Mlambo: Zuma filed a supplementary affidavit to update answering, clarifying that a typing error had led to a statement that if report was finalised, it should be released. #StateCapture
BREAKING: Mlambo says it was "completely unreasonable" for President Zuma to maintain that #statecapture report had been finalized - and to not seek clarification on this issue if he was unclear.
#StateCapture Mlambo: the PP made it clear the report was final and signed - the DA contended that should have been the end of the matter considering the premise of his application. BB
Mlambo, two questions must be answered: 1. Did President conduct litigation in a manner unbecoming of a reasonable litigant? and 2. was it for personal gain? #StateCapture
#StateCapture Zuma then said his statements saying the report should be released if it was finalized were not true and that there was a typing error in that statement.
#StateCapture@TeamNews24 Mlambo When Van Rooyen withdrew his interdict on the basis that the report made no findings against him. He paid for his own private lawyers.
#StateCapture Mlambo: EFF and UDM argued that the president should have used private attorneys at his own cost. In their view the is no reason why the president should burden the tax payer and he should be held liable for the cost incurred.
#StateCapture@TeamNews24 Mlambo The EFF. UDM and Cope in their intervening application took issue with the President's utilisation of the state attorney
#StateCapture@TeamNews24 Mlambo says the litigating parties in this legal drama had discussions and worked out how this complicated case would be handled.
Judge Mlambo going through the background of #StateCapture report- Madonsela, then PP’s meeting with Pres Zuma, Minister Van Rooyen’s interdict, Zuma’s relationship with Gupta’s. @ANN7tv
#StateCapture@TeamNews24 Mlambo President basis for lauching this urgent application was due to the adverse factual findings without opportuntity to be heard
Mlambo points out that Minister Des van Rooyen didn't brief State Attorney to bring interdict against release of #StateCapture report, like President did. He got private lawyers.
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