Zuma’s impunity landed him behind bars, says Nelson Mandela Foundation
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has welcomed the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma.
Zuma was arrested on Wednesday evening and transported to the Escort prison in KwaZulu-Natal, 2 hours from his homestead in Nkandla.
He was arrested after he failed to hand himself over to the police on Sunday as per the Constitutional Court's order.
"We, however, note that Mr Zuma failed to abide by the deadline set by the Constitutional Court, thus continuing a pattern of disregard for the rule of law and for our constitutional democracy," says the foundation’s spokesperson Kneo Mokgopa.
Mokgopa says Zuma acted with impunity for nearly two decades and has encouraged a culture of impunity.
"As Sisonke Msimang has noted, ‘the thing about toxic masculinity is that it weaponises impunity. So, lying in the face of the nation IS the point. [Mr Zuma] and his spinners don’t expect anyone to believe them. They want us to know they don’t care’. His legal strategy has been one of obfuscation and delay, ultimately in an attempt to render our judicial processes unintelligible," added Mokgopa
The Foundation says it is disturbed by Zuma's “willingness to court public violence and lawlessness in support of political and personal agendas".
