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3 days ago
- Politics
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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla's trial date for July 2021 unrest matter set
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla having a word with her attorney, Advocate Dali Mpofu SC before the start of the pre-trial hearing on Thursday. Image: Doctor Ngcobo/Independent Media Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) member of Parliament, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is no longer intending to petition the National Director of Public Prosecution (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, to withdraw charges against her but said she is ready for trial. This was revealed by her attorney Advocate Dali Mpofu SC at the pre-trial hearing held in the Durban High Court yesterday. Both the State and the defence said they were ready for the trial and the court dates were set down for November 10 to 21. Sambudla-Zuma was arrested and charged in January. The state alleged that she was instrumental in fomenting deadly violence that left many people dead and paralysed the economy, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021. She faced three counts emanating from her social media posts during the civil unrest. Count one is incitement to commit the offence of terrorism, with the state alleging that between June and July 2021, at various places within the country, the accused unlawfully and intentionally incited others to commit terrorism by engaging in terrorist activities. On count two, which was incitement to commit violence, the state alleged that the accused incited, instigated, commanded or procured other persons unlawfully, who assembled with common intent to forcibly disturb the public peace or tranquility or to invade the rights of other persons. On count three, the state also accused her of violating Section 17 of the Riotous Assemblies Act, 17 of 1956 which dealt with the illegal assembling of persons with the intention to cause a riot. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading Wearing a black T-shirt with the words 'Modern Day Terrorism Charges', Zuma-Sambudla looked relaxed and smiled. Speaking after the postponement inside the court, Zuma-Sambudla said she still maintained that the charges against her were politically motivated, however, she was ready for trial. "I still maintain that this case is politically motivated. I am in high spirits and ready for the trial. My party comrades and I are in and out of court because the system wants to punish us for supporting ubaba (Jacob Zuma), said Sambudla-Zuma. At her last appearance in March, she indicated that she would fight for the dropping of the charges. During the pre-trial hearing, Mpofu read her admission that between June and July she had tweeted using her X account, which had more than 100,000 followers, during her father's arrest. However, she denied having incited anyone to cause violence. Her argument was that people who may have caused violence and looted did so out of their own anger over her father's arrest in July 2021, not because they were incited by her tweets.
IOL News
4 days ago
- Politics
- IOL News
Trial date set for Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla over July unrest
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla having a word with her attorney, Advocate Dali Mpofu SC before the start of the pre-trial hearing on Thursday. Image: Doctor Ngcobo/Independent Media Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) member of Parliament, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is no longer intending to petition the National Director of Public Prosecution (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, to withdraw charges against her but said she is ready for trial. This was revealed by her attorney Advocate Dali Mpofu SC after the pre-trial hearing at the Durban High Court on Thursday. Both the State and the defence said they were ready for the trial and the court date was set from 10 to 21 November. Sambudla-Zuma was arrested and charged in January. The state alleges that she was instrumental in fomenting deadly violence that left many people dead and paralysed the economy, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021. She faces three counts emanating from her social media posts during the civil unrest. Count one is incitement to commit the offence of terrorism, with the state alleging that between 29 June and July 2021, in various places within the country, the accused unlawfully and intentionally incited others to commit terrorism by engaging in terrorist activities. On count two, which is an incitement to commit violence, the state alleges the accused incited, instigated, commanded or procured other persons unlawfully assembling with common intent to forcibly disturb the public peace or tranquility or to invade the rights of other persons. On count three, the state also accuses her of violating Section 17 of the Riotous Assemblies Act, 17 of 1956 which deals with the illegal assembling of persons with the intention to cause a riot. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ Wearing a black T-shirt with the words 'Modern Day Terrorism Charges', Zuma-Sambudla looked relaxed and smiled. Speaking after the postponement inside the court, Zuma-Sambudla said she still maintained that the charges against her were politically motivated, however, she was ready for trial. "I still maintain that this case is politically motivated. I am in high spirit and ready for the trial. My party comrades and I are in and out of court because the system wants to punish us for supporting ubaba (Jacob Zuma), said Sambudla-Zuma. At her last appearance in March she had indicated that she would fight for the dropping of charges. During the pre-trial hearing, Mpofu read her admission that between June and July she had tweeted using her X account, which has more than 100,000 followers, during her father's arrest. However, she denies having incited anyone to cause violence. Her argument is that people who may have caused violence and looted did so out of their own anger over her father's arrest in July 2021, not because they were incited by her tweets.
