After a career spanning nearly three decades, Justice Raymond Zondo vacated the country’s top judicial post as he retired from the Bench, making way for his deputy Justice Mandisa Maya who officially assumed the role of South Africa’s first female chief justice.
In this article, the Cape Times reflects on Justice Zondo’s stint at the helm of the country’s judiciary and his time as the chairperson of the State Capture commission of inquiry.
His chairing of this commission saw him embroiled in a bitter dispute with former president Jacob Zuma who only wanted to appear before another judge. Justice Zondo refused and Zuma was subsequently jailed for being in contempt of a Constitutional Court order directing him to appear before Justice Zondo.
At the time, Justice Zondo was the…
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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2024-09-03