ConCourt rejects Mbeki, Zuma bid to remove Khampepe from TRC inquiry

South Africa's Constitutional Court dismissed an application by former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma to recuse retired judge Sisi Khampepe from chairing the inquiry into political interference in post-TRC apartheid prosecutions. The ruling removes a procedural obstacle to the inquiry's progress, though the underlying allegations of interference remain unresolved. This is a notable judicial development in a politically sensitive process.