South Africa: Former President Zuma Has to Pay Back Legal Fees

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President Jacob Zuma at Freedom Day 2017 celebrations.
13 December 2018
allAfrica.com

Cape Town — The North Gauteng High Court has ordered that South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma pay back millions the State spent on his legal fees to defend allegations against him over the past few years.

The legal fees come to more than R15 million, starting from 2006 when Zuma was prosecuted in the spy tapes case.

Civil proceedings must now be instituted against Zuma to recover the amounts paid by the State, Judge Aubrey Ledwaba ordered.

The official opposition party the Democratic Alliance brought the application to have Zuma pay back the money - and later the Economic Freedom Fighters joined the case.

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