South Africa: Zuma Corruption Charges - President Zuma Persists With Losing Case

press release

President Jacob Zuma has this week filed his replying affidavit to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) seeking leave to appeal the North Gauteng High Court's judgement that the discontinuation of the prosecution against him was manifestly irrational and borne from considerations not rooted in law. The President's insistence on pursuing a losing case is out of sheer desperation to avoid having his day in court. It is an exercise into which more taxpayer rands will be needlessly plundered.

President Zuma in his affidavit attempts to persuade the SCA that this matter is ripe for appeal in order to obtain legal clarity on "whether the NPA may... discontinue the prosecution on the basis of allegations of abuse of process."

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