Zuma Withdraws Bid to Stop Release of State Capture Report

Publisher:
SABC
Publication Date:
2 November 2016
Tags:
South Africa, Governance, Legal and Judicial Affairs

President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his application to interdict the release of the Public Protector's report on so-called State Capture with immediate effect. His legal team had been expected to argue in the High Court in Pretoria that his procedural rights were undermined during the compiling of the report. They say he wasn't awarded sufficient time to answer questions on his relationship with the Gupta family.

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