Constitutional Court dismisses Zuma and Mbeki’s bid to recuse Justice Khampepe [SOUND]

# Former presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki lost their bid to have Justice Sisi Khampepe recuse herself as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases inquiry. Zuma and Mbeki cited Khampepe’s past TRC and prosecutorial roles as grounds for bias. The court upheld her decision not to recuse herself, and the former presidents must now appear before the commission as witnesses. Justice Leona Theron delivered the verdict: