Former president Thabo Mbeki has launched urgent court proceedings to halt a summons forcing him to testify before the TRC inquiry.
Faced with a subpoena to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) this week, former president Thabo Mbeki has accused the commission of trying to rush his evidence before the Constitutional Court can rule on his challenge for the chairperson to recuse herself.
While Mbeki’s legal bid for retired Judge Sisi Khampepe to recuse herself from the TRC inquiry will be heard by the apex court on June 29, the TRC commission on May 14 issued summons to Mbeki and former justice minister Bridgette Mabandla to give evidence, on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
The pair, however, now approached the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg for an urgent order suspending the summons pending the outcome of the Constitutional Court challenge, as well as a similar challenge before the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Mbeki and Mabandla will also ask the court at a later stage to declare the summons unlawful, unconstitutional, invalid and of no force and to set it aside.
