South Africa's Zuma to appeal against corruption trial

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Jacob Zuma's last-minute appeal will delay the case over bribery allegations dating back to a 1990s arms deal. He dismisses the charges as a conspiracy.

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Zuma's last-minute appeal will delay the case over bribery allegations dating back to a 1990s arms deal. He dismissed the charges as a conspiracy.

But Zuma's lawyer Thabani Masuku told the court at the start of the trial that the ex-president would appeal, dragging on a case that has seen numerous legal twists over 15 years. He is accused of taking bribes worth 4 million rand before he became president from a 51-billion-rand 1999 arms purchase by 5 European firms, including French defense company Thales.

Ntombizodwa Khumalo, a 65-year-old pensioner outside the court, said"we miss having Zuma as our president."State lawyer Billy Downer told the court that the prosecution believed the appeal would fail.Downer said the prosecution wanted the trial to start as soon as possible. Legal analysts have cast doubt on whether that would have been possible given the size of the case, predicting the trial would have been delayed regardless of the appeal.

He appeared at an inquiry into the scandal in July, putting on a defiant performance and denying all wrongdoing.

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