Why court should dismiss Mantashe's appeal-Zondo

Clash hinges on interpretation of the law

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ment is a claim that Zondo—who chaired the commission while a sitting Constitutional Court judge—has no legal standing to oppose him.

To accept Mantashe's logic, Zondo rebuts, would be to invite a “procession of corrupt individuals” to dismantle the commission’s work in unopposed hearings.

“The applicant says that Justice Zondo should have adopted a hands-off stance and left the matter unopposed, with the reviewing court to make the decision on the basis of the applicant’s evidence and submissions only,” he stated.

“That stance, we submit, would be music to the ears of the procession of corrupt individuals who were exposed by the commission.

“And it would be irresponsible of Justice Zondo to leave the careful findings of his commission, based on years of accumulated evidence, in the hands of those either found to be corrupt or suspected of being corrupt in unopposed review proceedings.”