South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma says an anonymous caller threatened to kill him and his children after the first day of questioning at a corruption inquiry.
As the hearing resumed on Tuesday, Mr. Zuma testified that his personal assistant who answered the telephone call on Monday night was told to tell Mr. Zuma that they were going to kill him, his children, and people around him.
The BBC reports that Presiding Judge Ray Zondo said any threats of violence and intimidation are “totally unacceptable”, adding that witnesses called before the commission of inquiry must be granted the utmost protection.
But Judge Zondo cast doubt on whether there was a level of protection available to former head of state that was higher than what Mr. Zuma already receives.
The inquiry is investigating allegations that the former president oversaw a web of corruption during his term in office.
The allegations against Mr Zuma focus on his relationship with the controversial Gupta family, which was accused of influencing cabinet appointments and winning lucrative state tenders through corruption.
LT do you want PF Cadres to go flat out to look for caller in Kabwata?
Why it is your interest?
The noose is slowly tightening around his neck
How the mighty can fall
Why is it those who fight corruption corrupted the most? Just a thought…