Gatvol SAs speak: Let Zuma flee SA, then he’ll be Russia’s problem

"Strange how JZ has always said he wants his day in court, but by all accounts, he's now doing his level best to try and avoid it. This guy's an embarrassment to the country and the office he once held. He's as guilty as Alibaba and the 40 thieves and he knows it," says Joe Cool Jnr.

rage against the shebeen makes an excellent point. "Zuma said he's not afraid of jail. For an innocent man he sure is k@k bang of his 'friend' Zondo and his day in court."

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Former Johannesburg Mayor and leader of ActionSA Herman Mashaba believes it's less to do with Zuma's willingness to go to jail and more to do with the fact that the former president is planning to flee the country. Mashaba wrote an open letter to government, voicing his fears and calling for action to be taken so that Zuma can finally be brought to justice for the estimated R500bn ($33bn) that was stolen from state coffers during his rule.

"Reports emerging from numerous sources indicate that former President Jacob Zuma may be readying to jet out of South Africa to Russia in what is believed to be a bid to avoid his appointment with the State Capture Commission," Mashaba writes. "ActionSA calls upon President Ramaphosa and the South African government to immediately take possession of Zuma's passport, as a pre-cautionary measure, to ensure that he cannot depart from the country until he has fulfilled his responsibilities to the State Capture Commission."

"Zuma has demonstrated a willingness to treat the State Capture Commission with contempt and has a long history of employing legal tactics to avoid facing accountability in our courts. If Zuma is allowed to depart the country, it would undoubtedly be in transport arrangements made and financed through the state benefits he continues to receive from the South African taxpayer. It would indicate a conspiracy to assist Zuma's efforts to defy the Constitutional Court and his responsibilities to the Commission he was ultimately compelled to establish."

"Should Zuma depart from South Africa to avoid his appearance at the State Capture Commission, ActionSA will be launching its own investigation to determine how this was authorised and which government officials enabled Zuma to depart."

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However, some community members are singing a very different tune to Mashaba. They feel that Zuma leaving the country is the lesser of two evils.

A flabbergasted Geoff Smailes says, "My only question is why jz783 still has a passport!"