Zuma offers qualified apology for MK Party statement on Hlophe judgment

The DA’s Helen Zille says it’s a ‘non-apology’ as it’s qualified ‘beyond real meaning’

02 February 2025 - 00:00 By FRANNY RABKIN

MK Party president Jacob Zuma has, in court papers, given a qualified apology for the party’s reaction when the Western Cape High Court granted an interim interdict barring the party’s leader in parliament, John Hlophe, from participating in Judicial Service Commission (JSC) proceedings. ..

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