Case Against Former South African President Zuma Put Off to 2020

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has postponed the corruption case against Jacob Zuma to February 2020. The former president said that he will still exercise his right for leave to appeal the permanent stay of prosecution. Zuma who faces charges of fraud, money laundering, corruption and racketeering related to the multibillion-rand arms deal in the late 1990s.

Former president Jacob Zuma (file photo).

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