The DA has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to instruct the state attorney to oppose former president Jacob Zuma’s application for a permanent stay of prosecution.
"It is unconscionable, and unacceptable that the presidency has agreed to pay for Jacob Zuma’s legal costs for his participation in the Zondo Commission [into state capture] on top of the costs for his criminal defence that the state already pays," DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday.
Maimane said if Ramaphosa was serious about showing real commitment to fighting corruption, there was no way that he should be allowing the public to carry the cost of Zuma’s legal defence - this was a corruption tax on the public.
"Ramaphosa should be using the Zuma case as an opportunity to demonstrate that no one was above the law in South Africa", he said.
