This archive report was first published on 16 July 2019.
Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma has sensationally claimed that death threats against his family followed his testimony at a commission of enquiry on Monday, July 15, 2019.
According to Zuma, his personal assistant received the threats by phone on Monday evening from a caller she did not know.
"This person said you must tell Zuma that we are going to kill him, his children as well as some people around him. She informed me this morning," Zuma said.
The alleged threats come just a week after his senior counsel Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane also said he had received death threats.
Justice Raymond Zondo condemned the threats made on Zuma and his lawyer, saying they were "totally unacceptable."
"Our legal system is such that people can go to courts, or can go to the police if they have complaints against other people. It is totally unacceptable for anyone in our society to want to use violence, intimidation and all kinds of illegal means," he said.
