Earlier on Tuesday, Zuma denied playing any part in removing Themba Maseko as Government Communication and Information System chief executive in 2011, allegedly after Maseko declined to co-operate with businessman Ajay Gupta.
Former president Jacob Zuma shares a light moment with evidence leader Paul Pretorius during a tea break at the state capture inquiry where he continues to give testimony on Tuesday.Zuma's legal representatives jumped in soon afterwards, claiming that Pretorius' line of questioning was more like a cross-examination than an inquisitorial process.
According to Maseko, Chabane said he had received a call from Zuma, who was out of the country at the time, instructing him to remove Maseko. Van Rooyen on Tuesday morning said he was shocked at some of the names that were mentioned by Zuma as having worked with the apartheid government as spies within the ANC.