Former South African President Jacob Zuma looks on as he attends his trial for alledged corruption in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, on May 23, 2019. – Zuma, 77, is accused of taking bribes from French defence company Thales during his time as a provincial economy minister and later as deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / POOL / AFP)
uMkhonto weSizwe National Council: Zuma is digging his own grave
Siphiwe Nyanda led the echoes of caution to Jacob Zuma, warning that the former president was digging his own grave.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma looks on as he attends his trial for alledged corruption in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, on May 23, 2019. – Zuma, 77, is accused of taking bribes from French defence company Thales during his time as a provincial economy minister and later as deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / POOL / AFP)
The uMkhonto we Sizwe National Council, led by former SANDF General Siphiwe Nyanda, has condemned the allegations made by former president Jacob Zuma in his testimony at the State Capture Inquiry.
Jacob Zuma vs Siphiwe Nyanda and Ramatlhodi
Zuma sent shockwaves across the sphere of South African politics when he alleged that Nyanda and Ramatlhodi the former Minister of Government Communications and Information Systems (GCIS), were spies working with the apartheid regime and foreign agents to infiltrate the ANC.
Zuma claimed that Ramatlhodi’s seemingly outlandish remarks about his conduct as president were not only lies but a clear indication that he was carrying out an instruction.
He alleged that Ramatlhodi was recruited as a spy in Lesotho and has worked with the apartheid regime to disassemble the ANC’s structure.
He also accused Nyanda of being an apartheid spy, claiming that he operated under the alias, Ralph and was key to their arrests in Swaziland.
Nyanda’s warning, courtesy of MKMVA
Nyanda, who chairs the MKMVA National Council, in a recent interview with PowerFM Breakfast, warned that Zuma was digging his own grave. The former SANDF General categorically denied that he was a spy, as Zuma alleged.
“The allegation that he’s made is a very serious one. It’s very difficult to refute such allegations. What I know is that all those who really know me know that the allegation is untrue.
“It’s actually a shame that he does this. It’s very irresponsible for a person who was the Chief of Intelligence in the ANC,” he said.
Nyanda warned that Zuma would have to answer to the families of those who lost loved ones in the hands of spies. He also refuted the claim that he was made to hug someone as a signal that his cover was not blown after they were released from incarceration.
Nyanda further stated with confidence that there are high-ranking officials within the structures of the party’s military wing that can vouch for him.
“He is digging his own grave, instead of answering questions that he is in the Zondo commission for about corruption activities. I think these unsolicited statements he is making are actually digging his own grave, making his own situation very difficult because he now has got to answer the questions that are going to arise out of the allegations that he has made,” Nyanda warned.
Zuma expresses fear for his life
Zuma, on the second day of his testimony, revealed that he is concerned about his safety as well as that of his family after his personal assistant allegedly received phone calls from people saying that he and his children are going to die.
The commission has since adjourned until Wednesday at 10:00
