There are still many citizens who think Jacob Zuma is unfit to be deputy president.

Steven Friedman, in Hefer probe signals that politics of the back alley will not work (November 12), says a prosecution is in order for crime, but for reprehensible conduct which is a not crime (spying), an inquiry is the right instrument.

There should be a commission of inquiry on the Bulelani Ngcuka dossier on Zuma. The Hefer commission of inquiry could investigate why the dossier was not passed to another prosecutor and what the contents of the old dossier are.

With acknowledgements to Stephen Whiteley and the Business Day.