Edward ready with his 'gadget' as possible arrest of Zuma looms

so for the latest uh on this especially from uganda let's go to our reporter there simpion simpion so we are reporting that indeed the police minister has arrived in gandha in guatemala tell us a little bit more about that arrival with how many police officers in turf possible that is a good evening to you and to the viewers as well at home well i can certainly tell you that since we arrived here outside former president jacob zuma's home in canada this morning we have seen quite a number of police you know patrolling the area and what is also you know important or rather to note is the presence of uh members of the media i'm just going to ask my colleague to learning global to give you a sense of how members of the media are anxiously waiting to hear what is going to happen with regards to that you know arrest that is expected you know to be affected by the police minister uh general peggy kelley as well as the national police commissioner general kesha cito before midnight today let's speak to the person who has been you know explaining some of the developments around this subject since the news broke from the constitutional court mr edward zuma thank you very much for your time has the family heard any word from the police minister with regards to what is going to happen today greetings three things to everyone we've not heard anything from anybody and we as obviously we are always known as law abiding citizens we will await what outcome you know will be given to us a [Music] we are anxiously awaiting that outcome whatever outcome that will be given to us uh all we are saying is that there is no jacob zuma that is going to change regardless of the outcome because we we have seen and we understand that you know the cause have been utilized as football pitches you know who is utilizing quartz mr zone obviously the person that bought the conference of the anc in 2017 in nazareth is continuously utilizing anc members uh and i mean it is it's no hidden secrets can i get this clarity mr zuma before it is just so we avoid misquoting each other are you saying that the president of the anc and the president of the country is using courts to actually affect the arrest of the former president well according to edward zuma not according to the zumapharmetic can we quote that according to edward zuma sarah ramaphosa support the anc conference we all know that and we have evidence to that effect which evidence he's been hiding from the public and we are saying he is using courts to to arrest the former president he's definitely using a courts to to to arrest president zuma is using all resources that he has as a person which he ill cuts by the way which it got we must we must remember that we are however saying when the time comes we will therefore be in the position to expose such a atrocities that he's been doing and that he continues to do he's continuing to write the anything of the anc using his money [Music] however again at some point we will catch up with him the nac of the anc must wake up the nac of the anc must stand up all right okay mr zuma we are now in a situation where the former president has to hand himself over to the police before midnight and we know that the police will have to act if that doesn't happen what is the final position now of the family well again i'm not going to be speaking on behalf of the family i do not know whether mr zuma will be handing himself over or not but as people from the area and i as a member of the the family we will be defending there is no police that will come here and pick up president zuma there will have to be bloodshed before that happens are you threatening the police mr zuma of uh you're basically breaking the law you want to prevent the police from from conducting the the operation with due respect to the viewers and to all south africans we are not threatening the law we are simply wanting to exact what is supposed to have happened something which is which we call justice something that they decided to detach from as members of the public and as members of the community not speaking on behalf of the family the family might have a different view but as edward zuma we are going to die here we are not going to allow that should former president president zuma allow himself or agree to that we will stop that from happening and if ever this bloodshed should be each if you're in a situation for so be it mr zuma thank you very much for your time thank you that's mr edward zuma here saying that he is not going to allow any law enforcement authorities to get close to the former president with the intention of arresting him the situation continues here as the clock continues to tick for the national police minister peggy taylor and general uh classically to act on that constitutional court order so it's over to you and join respect for now so before you go simply i must ask you this question as you said you were seeking clarity from the former or the former president's son edward zuma himself about um what he was saying did you get an understanding of the importance the symbolism behind holding that stick aloft as he was speaking to you [Laughter] certain database so even when we spoke to him yesterday evening he was holding a stick saying that he will be using his gadgets uh referring to uh sticks and as well as whatever that he can to prevent anyone from accessing that main gate with an intention of arresting the former president's episode so we've been watching over the past couple of days the numbers of people who had gathered to show their support for the former president we know that they have reduced coming up or coming into this week do we know whether or not that number is set to increase again simply given the fact that midnight tonight is a deadline for what is said to be the imminent arrest of former president jacob zuma i must tell you to be so that there's no indication for now because if you look at the time it's highly unlikely that we are going to be seeing those numbers of people making their way here this time around and i suppose one of the reasons for that is the fact that when the former president approached the high the pyramid respect high court to stay his arrest a lot of people uh or a lot of us his supporters were pinning their hopes on what the outcome of that court application will be but of course we do know uh that uh the the judge in that particular method judgment will deliver judgment on friday so the thinking from some of his supporters is that he's not going to be arrested until that judgment is delivered but of course law experts have you know been constantly saying that and nothing stops the police minister as well as the national police commissioner from conducting this arrest which they have been ordered to do check this out i want to talk simply about the safety that journalists enjoy at this current moment as we speak without fanning any anxiety or rumors about what's going to happen next come midnight and that bloodshed which jacob edward zuma is a threatening occurs it is your job for you to report to us what is happening there but how insulated do you think you can be or will be from that violence walter p so they often say that there's no story that is worth your life as a reporter and i suppose that's the approach that all these journalists that you see right now who are outside the house of the former president are going to take as we uh basically wait for history to unfold if indeed police will be able to come here and effect that arrest and i can certainly tell you so that journalists or members of the media have been operating under a very hostile environment here outside former president jacob zuma's home with in fact one particular incident where our colleague was indeed assaulted and i suppose we will cross that bridge when we get to it but we will also try our best to give our viewers all that is the latest with regards to this story and superior i know i speak on behalf of our colleagues and our viewers our great appreciation to you as our colleagues for the steadfastness that you've assured in bringing us the latest from gandhla and indeed we are with you in solidarity uh praying for your safety as you continue to do your work and i'm not just speaking about your physical safety i'm also talking about your health as well we've seen that there is a great potential of this being a super spread event for curve at 19. so strength to you and encouraging all of the colleagues there in uganda will continue to catch up with our colleagues imperio marcanya you saw him speak to edward zuma carrying a stick saying that that is part of gadgets he said to simpeo yesterday that will be used to ward off any attempt to arrest his father former president jacob zuma midnight tonight is the deadline when the police are supposed to affect and rest if the former president doesn't hand himself over we were set to speak to the state attorney who has of course written a letter on behalf of the police minister begin and his commissioner general uh casaus toilet requesting that the acting chief justice raymond zondo consider their request that they hold off on arresting former president jacob zuma until the legal process has concluded legal process being arguments that were before the peter merrittsburg high court yesterday uh jacob zuma's lawyers requesting that there is an estate of arrest while they await the constitutional court hearings in next week monday so we are watching those developments

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Published: Wed Jul 07 2021