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Jacob Zuma & Thales back in court next week for corruption trial

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CAPE TOWN - The case against former President Jacob Zuma and the Thales group is expected to resume on Tuesday.

Proceedings at the Pietermaritzburg High Court will happen under strict COVID-19 related regulations.It was back in 2003 that the then National Prosecuting Authority head Bulelani Ngcuka stated publicly there was a prima facie case against Zuma. But that prosecutors were only going to pursue a case against the man who allegedly bribed him, Schabir Shaik.

Zuma was fired by former President Thabo Mbeki as his deputy. He was elected president of the ANC and president of the country not once, but twice, and then recalled in February 2018. Zuma has pursued a so-called “Stalingrad defence” - his counsel trying every way possible to stave off prosecution, but late last year, that road hit a dead end, and Zuma and Thales were scheduled to face the courts in May.

 

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