South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma plans to challenge the findings of a judicial report into rampant corruption during his nine-year tenure, his spokesperson said Saturday. Mzwanele Manyi, a spokesperson for the Zuma Foundation, told a news conference in northern Johannesburg that the ex-leader regarded the 5,600-page Zondo Commission report as "unlawful and highly irrational." Zuma stayed away from the news conference on the advice of his legal team as he remains on parole. The inquiry, led by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, was prompted by an earlier report which detailed the shocking scale of corruption at state enterprises. Two of the Gupta brothers, who fled the country the same year the corruption probe started, were arrested earlier this month in Dubai and are expected to be extradited to South Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 26, 2022 11:20 UTC