An application by former president Jacob Zuma for a permanent stay of prosecution failed on Friday, clearing the way for his trial to proceed after a marathon 14-year delay since he was first charged with corruption relating to the infamous “arms deal” — the 1999 purchase of “strategic armaments” that has been mired in allegations of corruption.
He should have been prosecuted in 2003 alongside his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik, his lawyers argued. The court first addressed Zuma’s argument about the decision of former prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka to charge Shaik and not Zuma; yet still announce that there was a prima facie case against him. Zuma had argued that there is an obligation to prosecute once there is a prima facie case.
The KZN court also found “fundamentally flawed” the argument that Ngcuka’s decision was “part and parcel of a grand political scheme”. Mr Ngcuka had explained his actions, said the court, and his evidence was uncontested. The court also addressed Zuma’s argument about the Spy Tapes - recordings of phone conversations between former Scorpions’ head Leonard McCarthy and Ngcuka about when to the time the indictment of Zuma, in order to influence the outcome of the ANC’s Polokwane elective conference in 2007. Zuma’s team had argued that the tapes were conclusive that the prosecution was manipulated for political purposes, in flagrant disregard of the Constitution.
At long last!
This could be a world record on obstruction of justice!!!🤣🤣🤣🙈🤢
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Smaak my jou kak is geboek...
This is the man who told us in parliament that he wants his day in court to prove hes innocent. So why are you running? You owe this to us baba.
He is always saying he wants his day in court, it will finally come now.
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