Jacob Zuma

There can never be political, personal or ideological justification for incitement to rape, murder or any form of violence against another person.

— The African National Congress (ANC) said in a statement.

Where a real dispute of fact is found to exist, the court has a discretion as to the further conduct of the proceedings. It may dismiss the application with costs, order the parties to trial, or direct that oral evidence be heard on specified issues, its function being to select the most suitable method of employing viva voce evidence for the determination of the dispute.

— Judge Henno Viljoen, acting judge at the Johannesburg High Court, on the court's discretion in real disputes of fact

But we still maintain that we were robbed, and we told them. We will still win that case. That’s why they didn’t want to come to court until the time lapsed.

— Jacob Zuma, MK party leader, remarks at the IEC Code of Conduct signing in Midrand, 23 September 2026, asserting MK was robbed in the 2024 elections and that the case would proceed.

the use of the money was to ensure he [Mbalula] and the current president of the ANC and the country [Ramaphosa] were elected

— Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in her answering affidavit, describing the money distribution at the 2022 ANC conference.