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The Office of former President Thabo Mbeki has noted media reports attributing certain statements to Advocate William Hofmeyr regarding an old allegation that the former President was party to a political conspiracy against President Jacob Zuma some years ago.

Former President Mbeki will determine the appropriate cause of action once he has had access to the affidavit (in terms of the rules of the courts) from which the statements in the media are supposed to emanate.

For now, it is worth recalling that the allegation of a political conspiracy to which former President Mbeki was supposedly party was dealt with in the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment: "National Director of Public Prosecutions Vs Zuma (573/08) [2009] ZA SCA1 (12 January 2009).

Issued by the Office of former President Thabo Mbeki