The Jacob Zuma Foundation is challenging the appointment of Judge Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice and is demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa reverse his decision to appoint him.

Ntanga Nkuhlu, attorney’s for the Zuma Foundation, issued a letter to Ramaphosa on Thursday raising a number of issues on the appointment of Zondo.

Ramaphosa appointed Zondo as chief justice in March last year.

Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu says the decision to terminate the health department’s contract with Life Esidimeni as a cost containment measure was not initiated by her.

Mahlangu appeared before the Life Esidimeni inquest in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday, where she was cross-examined by Life Esidimeni legal representative advocate Harry van Bergen.

The former health MEC said it was the budget committee that made the decision to terminate the contract.