JOHANNESBURG – A legal showdown is looming in South Africa where former president Jacob Zuma is refusing to obey court orders to testify at a judicial inquiry into corruption charges against him.
Zuma has been warned that he is not above the law after he publicly stated that he intends to defy a court order to appear at the inquiry.
It is a test of whether President Cyril Ramaphosa will be able to follow up on his promises to take decisive action against pervasive corruption.
Deep divisions in the ruling party, the African National Congress, have been exposed as the party's secretary-general Ace Magashule has voiced his support of Zuma. “Just leave comrade Zuma alone.