Duduzane Zuma case: Parties playing politics outside the court slammed

Political parties playing in the Randburg Court of First Instance, where Duduzane Zuma made a short appearance for culpable homicide on Thursday, were criticized for creating a diversion of the ongoing judicial process.
According to defender Zola Majavu, Kallie Kriel's pressure group, AfriForum, and Andile Mngxitama's Black First Land First (BLF) group created a political side-show and did not attend the court proceedings [19659002]. "Said Majavu

Phumzile Dube was killed on the spot when Zuma's son crashed his Porsche into a taxi on Grayston Drive, Sandton. , Four years ago. Another taxi pbadenger, Nanki Mashaba, died in the hospital weeks later.

When asked why the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) had taken so long to pursue the case, Majavu said that the investigation was the only way to get the case. one of the reasons.

"The reasons why they did not file a lawsuit This happens all the time It took more than two years

" It is not uncommon that the l & # 39; State continues, withdraws and reinstates. "

" If this man is innocent, let the court say. "

Majavu said the BLF might be right." The NPA obviously seems to have yielded under the pressure of AfriForum to continue.

"But under the law, there is nothing wrong with what the NPA says:" We have now reconsidered our position, we are now pursuing. "

" This makes the situation worse. AfriForum irrelevant, they can become relevant only if the NPA does not pursue. A public suit is useless.

Majavu added that "the family of the deceased is entitled to justice, and that justice means that this guy will be found guilty or not is another story.

"Even the accused is entitled to justice, and justice means that we must let the law run its course and let the court rule after listening to all the evidence before it."

Majavu's comments come after the tragedy that took place outside the court, where supporters of the BLF embarked on a frenzy, alleging that Duduzane's accusation was the result of a personal vendetta against his father, former president Jacob Zuma.

BLF members prevented Kriel, the CEO of AfriForum, from speaking to the media.

During his brief appearance, Duduzane appeared relaxed when told that his case was being postponed to August 23 for disclosure of the investigative proceedings. defense to go through all the pieces, including the contents of the file.

One might have thought that Duduzane was a hardened criminal because the courtroom was filled with heavily armed police in bulletproof vests. But this does not seem to concern Duduzane because he exchanged jokes with his sister Gugu and some supporters while posing for a selfie.

Journalists outside the court tried to get an interview with him, but members of the BLF told them to leave, some noting that Duduzane was human and "l". Someone's child. When they realized that Kriel was also receiving media attention, the BLF started yelling and insulting him.

However, according to political badyst Somadoda Fikeni, the fight that ensued was nothing out of the ordinary for the BLF

"It is an expected scheme where the BLF took the extreme and defended his in the form of the former president.This has always been the case, so you do not expect unless one of the sons of the sous fils fils 39 39 39 lorsque lorsque lorsque,,,,,,,, former president or himself appears in court.

"They could also be encouraged by what appears to be support for KwaZulu-Natal. they may have a hard time having a national footprint in their support. "

The BLF also organized a small demonstration in the process of draping itself, wearing masks of former Klerk President FW and chanting" arrest
De Klerk because it's a mbad
murderer "

" They were pretty consistent in the sense that they think blacks should not be targeted and whites are not forgiven.

Of course, the BLF does not have the numbers it needs to be more dramatic and spectacular.

"Most of their events did not have any influence, so they make up for that by just being melodramatic.Now, if you introduce AfriForum, who is their ultimate nemesis who has tried to sue Duduzane, they see this as a logical confirmation of this conspiracy, "said Fikeni.

The badyst added that this has always been the case and people must remember that the BLF can still be fingered because there have been allegations of participation in capture operations d & # 39; State.

"It is thought that they could have been beneficiaries."

Sunday Independent