ukusuka I-Agence France Presse, UEpreli 5, 2018
Owayesakuba lilungu lepalamente leANC kunye netshantliziyo lesivumelwano sezixhobo u-Andrew Feinstein uthe phambi kokuqala kwetyala lorhwaphilizo lowayesakuba ngumongameli uJacob Zuma “kukho ubungqina obuninzi” bokuba unetyala.
“Inyani yeyokuba uJacob Zuma kufuneka azibhaqe esentolongweni,” uFeinstein uxelele i-AFP phambi kokuvela kwakhe enkundleni kaZuma ngoLwesihlanu ngezityholo zorhwaphilizo ezili-16 ezinxulumene nesivumelwano sezixhobo esagquba ixesha elininzi lobongameli bakhe.
UFeinstein ukhankasele isithuba esingaphaya kweminyaka elishumi ukuba ityala lorhwaphilizo likaZuma lize enkundleni.
UZuma uzakuzimasa udliwano-ndlebe olufutshane kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo eThekwini, phambi kwetyala elinokuthi avalelwe entolongweni.
Owayesakuba ngumongameli utyholwa ngokunyotywa ngumenzi wezixhobo waseFransi uThales ngesivumelwano semali exabisa iibhiliyoni ezi-5 zeerandi ngexesha lakhe njengomphathiswa wezoqoqosho ephondweni nanjengosekela mongameli weANC.
IThales, eyanikezela ngeenqanawa zomkhosi wamanzi njengenxalenye yesi sivumelwano, nayo izakubekwa ityala lorhwaphilizo kunye nabameli beenkampani ekulindeleke bavele enkundleni kunye noZuma.
Imbali yamahlazo
UZuma utyholwa ngokukhupha imali engange-R4 072 499.85 kwiintlawulo ezingama-783 ebeziphethwe ngumcebisi wakhe wezezimali uSchabir Shaik.
Inqaku eliphambili letyala lokutshutshisa yifeksi esayinwe ngu-Alain Thetard, umphathi wequmrhu loMzantsi Afrika laseThales, elalibizwa ngoko ngokuba yiThomson-CSF.
Le fax kuthiwa ichaza isivumelwano ekwafikelelwa kuso noZuma. UThales unqabile ukuphawula kwi-AFP ngeli tyala.
UZuma, owangena njengomongameli emva nje kokurhoxiswa kwezityholo okokuqala ngo-2009, usoloko ekhanyela ukuba wenza gwenxa.
UShaik wagwetywa iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu entolongweni ngo-15 ngokwezityholo ezifanayo, kodwa uphando olwagxekwa kakhulu ngo-2005 lwakhulula uZuma kulo naliphi na ityala.
UZuma ubanga ukuba olu phando lungqina ukuba “akukho nalinye igatyana lobungqina (elibonisa) ukuba nayiphi na imali efunyenwe ngabacebisi yahlawulwa kuwo nawaphi na amagosa”.
Ngelixa umongameli, uZuma wayethe phithi zizityholo zokuthengiselana ngezixhobo – nangona iminyaka elithoba ekwisikhundla sakhe yaphazanyiswa ngamanye amanyundululu orhwaphilizo.
I-DA ikhokele iphulo elibukhali lokuba abuyiselwe ezityholo nokuba uZuma asiwe enkundleni.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, intloko yeGunyabantu lezoTshutshiso uShaun Abrahams wayalela ukuba uZuma abekwe izityholo zobuqhophololo, urhwaphilizo kunye nokuxhaphaza imali ngokungekho mthethweni.
'Basandilandela nangoku'
I-ANC yanyanzela uZuma ukuba aphume esikhundleni ngoFebruwari ngenxa yokukhula kwakhe imingeni kwezomthetho kunye namahlazo, kwaye izikhwelisile kulowo wayeyinkokeli yayo.
Umbutho ucele amalungu ukuba angadibani ngaphandle kwenkundla xa kuvela uZuma, kodwa kubonakala ngathi akunakwenzeka ukuba eli khwelo lithintele abalandeli bakhe abazinikeleyo.
Ngethuba wayemi edokisini ngaphambili ngethuba lokuxoxwa kwetyala lakhe lodlwengulo ngo-2006, abalandeli bakhe bathuka umtyholwa wakhe omncinane xa wayefika ephuma enkundleni.
Ityala lodlwengulo lachithwa.
UZuma, oneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu (75) nosele engathethi kakhulu ukusukela oko wabeka phantsi iintambo, uye wavala umlomo ngelithi uyaxhatshazwa.
“Basandilandela nangoku. Nasemva kokuba ndimkile basandilandela,” utshilo ngethuba kwinkonzo yePasika.
Owalandela uZuma ezihlangwini zikaCyril Ramaphosa ufunge wafunga ukuba uzakulwa urhwaphilizo kurhulumente, athe wavuma ukuba yingxaki enkulu.
Amaqela amaphulo anethemba lokuba eli tyala lingamisela umyinge wokutshutshisa kwixesha elizayo.
“Isivumelwano sezixhobo ibingengomnyobo nje omncinci, kodwa siye sayibukela loo mbumbulu igqobhoza idemokhrasi yoMzantsi Afrika kule minyaka ilishumi elinesihlanu idlulileyo,” utshilo uHennie van Vuuren weOpen Secrets echasene nokugqwethwa kobuqhophololo.
