/ 24 October 2025

Zuma cornered over R28.9m bill

Umkhonto Wesizwe Manifesto / Rally Orlando Stadium Photo Delwyn Verasamy
Give it back: The state paid former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees in the arms deal corruption trial from 2004 until 2019. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

A court has ordered Jacob Zuma cough up the millions the state paid out in legal fees for his defence in the arms deal case but the former president is being coy about whether he will do it

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