ConCourt dismisses Zuma, Mbeki bid to recuse TRC inquiry chair

Former presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki have lost their legal bid to remove retired Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe as chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into alleged political interference in post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions. The Constitutional Court on Monday, August 31, 2026, dismissed their application for her recusal, allowing the inquiry to continue under her leadership. The court's decision, delivered across three separate judgments, was split.