UMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party Youth League insists that the fees towards its chief and former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla are politically motivated.
Zuma-Sambudla appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 30 January, on fees beneath the Protection of Constitutional Democracy towards Terrorist and Related Activities Act (POCDATARA) and incitement to commit violence in July 2021.
In July 2021, Zuma’s supporters in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal protested towards his incarceration leading to riots and looting that destroyed a number of businesses, with over 300 folks shedding their lives.
MK PARTY SLAMS CHARGES AGAINST DUDUZILE ZUMA-SAMBUDLA
As beforehand reported, Zuma-Sambudla handed herself over at Durban Central police station earlier on Thursday, the place she was arrested and processed.
The 42-year-old member of Parliament was launched on warning. The matter was postponed to twenty March and was transferred to the Durban High Court.
The MK Party youth league stated the fees towards Zuma-Sambudla are frivolous and baseless. They are a part of a broader orchestrated assault not solely on Zuma-Sambudla and her household, but in addition on the MK Party, its members and the democratic will of individuals.
MK Party Youth League’s nationwide coordinator, Nkateko Mkhabela stated the persecution of Zuma-Sambudla follows the identical vindictive sample inflicted upon her father.
“The same persecution was directed at Duduzane Zuma, falsely accused and vilified simply for standing up against the corrupt establishment. Now, the same playbook is being used against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla,” Mkhabela stated.
“This case is not about the law but about intimidation and political suppression. We urge all our branches, members and supporters to stand firm and prepare for mass mobilisation in defence of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and the MK Party,” he added.
NPA EXPLAINS WHY IT TOOK LONG TO PURSUE CHARGES
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson advocate Mthunzi Mhaga instructed journalists that the matter was delayed as a result of it was the primary time that the NPA charged somebody primarily based on content material posted on social media (X) for content material that they contemplate quantities to incitement to commit terrorism.
“It’s a unique and complex case in that reliance on the investigation and evidence is based on social media posts. It’s a technical investigation where some of the parts of the investigation had to be outsourced in terms of experts on social media because SAPS doesn’t have an expert in social media,” Mhaga stated.
Mhaga stated one other concern is that emojis and pictures wanted to be interpreted by an knowledgeable in that subject. Additionally, procurement processes wanted to be adopted to supply or procure that investigative useful resource.
“The process of investigating the matter, therefore, became more protracted than we anticipated. It is why it took almost three years for the matter to finally have a decision made by the prosecution team, a memorandum presented to the national director of public prosecutions to authorise the prosecution,” he added.
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