Next month Jacob Zuma will face tough questions at the Zondo commission.
The Constitutional Court this week ordered him to appear at the commission. The judgment came as the commission heard how Zuma allegedly used the State Security Agency (SSA) for his personal benefit.
The revelations add to the mountain of evidence the commission has gathered against him.
Zuma, who has tried to avoid appearing, has been served with at least 42 rule 3.3 notices to do so. The notices are issued to those implicated in testimony at the commission. The 42 notices are the most issued to anyone and the result of evidence by 39 witnesses.
Among the allegations Zuma will be questioned on is one about millions paid to him in cash from the SSA vault and delivered by David Mahlobo, who was state security minister at the time in Zuma's cabinet.
Zuma will also be asked if he discussed with the Guptas the appointment and dismissal of cabinet ministers.
He will be asked about the collapse of state-owned firms and his alleged role in the firing and appointment of Tshediso Matona and Brian Molefe as CEOs of Eskom.
Zuma has not filed affidavits replying to the testimonies against him, nor has he filed his own affidavit.
He appeared at the commission in 2019, smearing those who had implicated him, and again last year without giving evidence.
This week the commission heard that Zuma had built a "parallel" intelligence agency to serve his political interests.
The commission heard that former intelligence ministers - Siyabonga Cwele, David Mah-lobo and Bongani Bongo - used the intelligence structures for the benefit of Zuma and his acolytes. The ministers were allegedly helped by former spy Thulani Dlomo, who headed special operations, and Dlomo's bosses, Sonto Kudjoe and Arthur Fraser.
Sydney Mufamadi, a minister of safety & security in the Mandela cabinet, headed a panel that investigated the SSA. Mufamadi and SSA acting director-general Loyiso Jafta put Mahlobo at the centre of most rogue SSA operations in the service of Zuma.
They said Mahlobo took millions in cash from the SSA vault to give to Zuma.
Mufamadi said an SSA agent told the panel that the SSA ran Project Commitment, which was meant for the financial upkeep of Zuma. The project costs millions of rands.
Mufamadi said the operation involved cash payments of R2.5m a month in the 2015/2016 financial year, "via" Mahlobo, and meant for Zuma. He could not confirm if Zuma had received the money.
The commission heard that Dlomo had launched at least 10 questionable operations for the benefit of Zuma and the ANC at a cost of R1bn over six years.
Jafta told the commission that most of these operations had not been legitimate but were only a ruse to "loot". Among these operations were the infiltration of media organisations, opposition parties, student movements and civil society organisations, all done to neutralise Zuma's foes.
Zuma's personal affairs were also turned into SSA projects. Operation Tinroof was launched to provide a "safe house" where one of Zuma's wives, Nompumelelo Ntuli, was held captive on suspicion of having poisoned her husband.
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