{"id":63350,"date":"2022-03-25T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2022\/03\/25\/watch-new-chief-justice-zondo-assures-of-fearless-independent-judiciary-able-to-withstand-political-pressure\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:18:30","slug":"watch-new-chief-justice-zondo-assures-of-fearless-independent-judiciary-able-to-withstand-political-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2022\/03\/25\/watch-new-chief-justice-zondo-assures-of-fearless-independent-judiciary-able-to-withstand-political-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: New Chief Justice Zondo assures of fearless, independent judiciary, able to withstand political pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/98e8d2ca-7d5d-5330-bd8c-349d9981ebb9&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x647&#038;resize=6720x3782.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>Johannesburg &#8211; Incoming Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Thursday assured South Africans that as head of the judiciary he will be fearlessly independent and will withstand any political pressure during his two year tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Zondo, who officially becomes the country\u2019s top judicial officer from April 1 following his appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this month, addressed the media at his offices in Midrand, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI believe that I am strongly independent and that will remain. I believe that I can handle any political pressure,\u201d he promised.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice Zondo, he would never make a finding against somebody because of anything other than when the law does not support that conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI would never make a finding against somebody other than because the evidence justifies it and the law justifies it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><video class=\"ion-video\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/sp.rmbl.ws\/s8\/6\/p\/X\/f\/C\/pXfCd.OvCc.1.jpg\" data-channel=\"IndependentOnline\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-2405859fee7bcb4cf7d9c7fb1a3124d0\">Video: Timothy Bernard\/African News Agency (ANA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Zondo continued: \u201dI believe that the judiciary must be fearlessly independent and I believe that is for every judge and magistrate. But I believe that when you are in this (position) of leadership of the judiciary there is even a greater responsibility.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>In response to questions about claims by EFF leader Julius Malema that the judiciary was captured and that the North Gauteng High Court never rules against Ramaphosa, Justice Zondo asked anybody who has evidence that any judge or the judiciary is captured to come forward with such evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllegations that the judiciary is captured are very serious allegations. They should not be made lightly by anybody because it is not in the interest of anybody who loves this country to portray our judiciary as captured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Zondo also responded to KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala\u2019s call on Monday for the country\u2019s constitutional democracy as it placed other arms of the state above others.<\/p>\n<p><video class=\"ion-video\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/sp.rmbl.ws\/s8\/6\/T\/2\/f\/C\/T2fCd.OvCc.1.jpg\" data-channel=\"IndependentOnline\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-667d15a8c22a8cd047db86cf79cb595e\">Video: Timothy Bernard\/African News Agency (ANA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201dOur Constitution envisages the judiciary performing certain functions [and] it performs those functions in accordance with the Constitution and I do not think that it performs functions that it should not perform in a constitutional democracy such as ours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it performs the functions that it should and obviously premier Zikalala may be disgruntled about certain decisions but those decisions are taken according to the Constitution,\u201d Justice Zondo explained.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he addressed threats by some prominent political figures to take the report of the commission of inquiry into state capture and whether such moves would divide his attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt won\u2019t at all. When you have chaired a commission and you have issued your report and somebody takes it on review, you decide as the chairperson of the commission whether you are going to oppose it or not oppose it or file any papers without opposing to explain certain decisions or aspects of your report. But it won\u2019t interfere at all as far as I am concerned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Zondo said the parts of the report that have already been released were quite detailed and the reason was to ensure that the findings that the commission makes are based on the consideration and analysis of the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does not mean that the report will be 100% correct in every respect, nothing is perfect but what we have sought is to do all we can to try and make sure that all findings that we make, people can see how we arrived at them and they are based on the analysis of evidence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Zondo said he learnt of his appointment from Ramaphosa himself who asked that they meet in the early afternoon of the day he was informed.<\/p>\n<p>However, he asked his aides to inform Ramaphosa that he was unsure if the matter the Constitutional Court was hearing would be concluded by the time the president had set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI was able to see him (after the hearing), so he is the one who told me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Zondo said he felt the weight of the responsibility that comes with being Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dBut I was happy that I was appointed. I think my mind quickly moved to what might lie ahead and the responsibilities that come with this position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt honoured because I do think it\u2019s an honour to be appointed as a judge in the first place but to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the country is a special honour. It gives one an opportunity to serve the people in a very special way. So I felt quite honoured and privileged by the appointment,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>loyiso.sidimba@inl.co.za<\/p>\n<p>Political Bureau<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg &#8211; Incoming Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Thursday assured South Africans that as head of the judiciary he will be fearlessly independent and will withstand any political pressure during his two year tenure. 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