Jurisdiction of the constitutional court in contempt of court matters: critical evaluation of the state capture case

Abstract

The judgment of the Constitutional Court in Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State v Zuma and Others (Zuma II), 1informs this research paper. However, it is imperative to foreshadow two other judgments that have a factual bearing on Zuma II. These judgments are: Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State v Zuma (Zuma I), 2 and Zuma v Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State and Others (Zuma III).