South Africa: Despite Supporters Fanning Flames, All Bets Are Off for Zuma As Case 'Collapses Like a Deck of Cards'

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In a short but stinging written judgment released by Pietermaritzburg high court Judge Jerome Mnguni, Zuma's argument for relief -- made earlier in the week -- was taken apart.

The Pietermaritzburg high court on Friday dismissed with costs former president Jacob Zuma's application to stay or interdict the Constitutional Court order for his arrest and committal, calling it "judicial adventurism" that would disturb the natural order and, if granted, would be "unlawful and unwarranted relief".

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