KwaZulu-Natal Deputy Judge President Mjabuliseni Isaac Madondo on Monday granted an order for the trial of former president Jacob Zuma and co-accused French arms firm, Thales, to be postponed in absentia on May 6 2020.
On Sunday City Press reported that the matter would be postponed after the state and defence all met and agreed that travel restrictions instituted across the country to slow the spread of the Covid-19 would be a great hindrance.City Press has been reliably told that all parties had agreed that, even though government had eased lockdown restrictions, air travel was still off limits, meaning most of the lawyers in the case would have had to drive to Pietermaritzburg to attend the hearing.
This seemed to spell the end of Zuma’s Stalingrad defence, which had resulted in his legal team’s stalling the commencement of the trial at every turn, an accusation the team had denied.
and nothing to do with the fact that Thales representatives are not in the country?
This case is going to expose people who were not expected to be seen as corrupt. Mark my word Toxic Country!
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