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UJacob Zuma obukeka engaguli usuke eNkandla waya eMgungundlovu ngoLwesine eyovula icala mayelana nomshushisi omkhulu wombuso u-Advocate Billy Downer ngezinsolo zokuthi wanikeza intatheli amarekhodi akhe ezempilo.
Lokhu kungokwesibili esikhathini esingaphansi kwesonto ukuthi lowo owayengumengameli abonwe esidlangalaleni, yize kuthiwa ubuthakathaka empilweni.
Lo mlisa oneminyaka engama-79 ugwetshwe izinyanga eziyi-15 ebhadla ejele ngoNhlangulana ngenxa yokudelela inkantolo, kodwa wadedelwa ngokushesha ngenyanga edlule ngoba egula kakhulu kangangokuthi angeke esakwazi ukudonsa isigwebo sakhe esigcwele.
Kusukela lapho ubelokhu elwa impi yomthetho ukuze angavalelwa ejele, njengoba eqhubeka nokulwa namacala enkohlakalo awenza eminyakeni eyishumi edlule abekwa wona eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule.
Ezinyangeni ezedlule, uZuma ufake isicelo sokuthi u-Downer ahoxiswe ecaleni lokuthengwa kwezikhali, ezivikela ngokuthi wenze ngendlela engafanele njengomshushisi. Phambilini uke wasola lo mmeli ngokusebenzisana nezinhlaka zomhlaba, kubandakanya ne-Central Intelligence Agency (i-CIA) ezinze eMelika.
UZuma manje usola uDowner ngokuthi wanikeza intatheli amarekhodi akhe ayimfihlo, kanti uthi lokhu ukuphula amalungelo akhe.
Isinqumo sikaMengameli wangaphambilini sokuvula leli cala siza ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuba ebambe umhlangano wangasese nabalingani bakhe abaseduze eSibiya Casino eThekwini, nokuvusa imibuzo ukuthi ngabe lolu daba ludingidwe ngesikhathi somhlangano yini.
Njengoba isinqumo sesicelo sakhe sokuhoxiswa kukaDowner sisazokhishwa ngoLwesibili, kusobala ukuthi kunokuqagela ukuthi lesi sinyathelo sakamuva singesinye secebo lakhe elibambezelayo.
Ngemuva kokuvula icala ngoLwesine, uZuma obebukeka njengesichotho ubingelele iqenjana labantu ebelibuthene ngaphandle kwesiteshi samaphoyisa, kodwa washeshe wahamba.
UZuma bekulindeleke ukuthi akhulume nabezindaba ngehora lokuqala emini ngaphandle kwesiteshi samaphoyisa, kodwa wafika sekudlule isikhathi ngehora wangabe esakwenza lokho.
Ubephelezelwe indodakazi yakhe uDuduzile kanye nokhulumela iJG Zuma Foundation, uMzwanele Manyi.
Umbuso usole uZuma kaningi ngokukhipha wonke amaqhinga akhona emhlabeni ukubambezela usuku lwakhe lokuvela enkantolo abhekane namacala akhe amayelana nezikhali.
Ubekwe icala kanye nenkampani yase-France ekhiqiza izikhali i-Thales, phambilini eyayibizwa nge-CFS Thompson.
I-NPA imi emazwini ayo, ithi izomvikela uDowner.
UZuma uboshwe mhla ziyisikhombisa kuNtulikazi ngemuva kokugwetshwa izinyanga eziyi-15 ngokudelela imiyalelo emibili yenkantolo.
Mhla zinhlanu kuMandulo, umngani wakhe osenesikhathi eside esebenza naye, u-Arthur Fraser, owayengumphathi woPhiko lwezokuHlunyeleliswa kweziMilo, wagunyaza ukuthi adedelwe ngoshwele wezokwelapha, ethi uZuma ugula kakhulu ukuthi angaba sejele
I-DA, i-AfriForum neHelen Suzman Foundation baphikisana nokukhishwa kwakhe enkantolo.