Will supporters of former president Jacob Zuma flock to his Nkandla homestead to protest against the Constitutional Court ruling?
This is the question on many people's lips after the apex court found the former president guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months' imprisonment.
Zuma was ordered to hand himself over to police within five days. The court judgment said the police minister and the national police commissioner will intervene should Zuma fail to co-operate.
The Jacob Zuma Foundation issued a response on behalf of the former president. It denied that Zuma considers himself to be above the law and said his defiance of the state capture commission was justified and in “good faith” as the former president had raised concerns about commission chairperson deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo.
“He was acting in good faith and seeking to uphold the law,” said the foundation.
“The characterisation of our patron by the majority panel paints a picture of a very angry panel of judges. We concur with the view of another panel of judges who said the Constitutional Court majority acted contrary to the rule of law,” said the foundation which also accused the majority panel of “judicial bias”.
Some on social media said they would head to Nkandla to show their protest at the ruling, while others rubbished the idea.
Here's are some of the reactions:
Comment: KZN Premier’s in a bind - he has to stop the Delta Wave as former President Jacob Zuma’s supporters plan big protests for his Jail-Day. What will he do? https://t.co/qpcOyMr62C
— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) June 30, 2021
MKMV and Zuma supporters must never get tribal as they fight to protect their "Freedom Fighter"
— Stunechi (@TStumcash) June 30, 2021
He is basically saying, anybody who wants to arrest me, will find me in nkandla💪💪💪✌️✌️ https://t.co/6bcrW7EFqD
— Muzi NUZ (@Nazomagenge2) July 1, 2021
Mr fomer President Zuma must go down as others. The time when he was becoming aggressive his supporters were not telling him the right thing and up to now some of them are still misleading him about not to respect the decision of the court. Mr Zuma must lead by example
— Bernard Ngwenya (@bernngwenya) July 1, 2021












