Ramaphosa: Signal jamming sub judice

Cape Town - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was accused of hiding behind the sub judice rule on Wednesday when he declined to answer a question in Parliament on signal jamming during last month's State of the Nation address.

"Hearings in relation to this matter will be happening in our courts in the next few days and for that reason I feel constrained to answer the question because the matters are before court," he told MPs in the National Assembly.

Ramaphosa was responding to a written question, posed by DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane, on when he (Ramaphosa) was made aware of the intended use of signal jammers, and other additional security measures, during President Jacob Zuma's 12 February address.