Jacob Zuma comes to criminally-charged daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s rescue

THE legal representatives of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of former president and current uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader Jacob Zuma intend calling her father to dispute the testimonies of the State witnesses.

- WILLEM PHUNGULA

This emerged on the second day of Zuma-Sambudla’s trial when her attorney, Advocate Dali Mpofu cross-examined the second State witness, Sara-Jane Trent, yesterday.

“My Lord, I will call President Zuma as my witness. He would dispute the testimonies that have been presented and prove that this case and his arrest were politically motivated? said Mpofu.

Zuma-Sambudla is on trial for allegedly inciting violence leading to the deadly July 2021 civil unrest, which left more than 300 dead and paralysed the country's economy.

She was arrested and charged in January, and on Monday, she began her trial, which will run for two weeks.

Zuma-Sambudla faces three counts of incitement to commit terrorism and two counts of incitement to commit public violence.