South Africa: Fact-Checking Claims About Prosecuting President Jacob Zuma

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Since the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed President Jacob Zuma's bid to appeal against the High Court judgment which declared invalid the decision to drop charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering against him, several false or only half-true claims have been made about the case. So, yet again, it is time to do some fact-checking.

Claim: President Zuma has a constitutional right to make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to drop the charges against him and the NPA has a duty to consider these representations.

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