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Press council expels Independent Media for not complying with rulings
The newspaper group, which includes Independent Media, IOL and African Community Media, refused to retract an article about one journalist and apologise to another
Jacob Zuma approaches Concourt in bid to revive private prosecution of Billy Downer
The former president has approached the apex court for leave to appeal the striking down of his bid to charge the prosecutor in his arms deal case
High court strikes Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer off the roll
Judge Nkosinathi Chili said Zuma would not be prejudiced if the matter is removed from the roll pending his bid to appeal the invalidation of the private prosecution This content…
Mail & Guardian defends application for a gag order
The lawsuit is the latest example of business entities trying to bar the media from reporting
Downer says Zuma’s latest attack on him is a repeat of past ones
The former president is again seeking the prosecutor’s removal from the arms deal trial, in doing so reviving old claims he leaked information to the media
‘It is not for Zuma to decide who should prosecute him,’ says advocate Geoff Budlender
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer, Dali Mpofu said the former president’s criminal trial would not proceed soon, because he would again ask for the removal of state prosecutor Billy Downer
High court halts Zuma’s prosecution of Downer and Maughan
The former president came to court with ‘unclean hands’, a full bench found
Zuma’s summons of Ramaphosa has never had foundation, says president’s lawyer
The summons was based on a certificate that gave the former president no cover to pursue a private prosecution against his successor
Ramaphosa says Zuma’s private prosecution is political harassment
The president is seeking a final interdict preventing his predecessor from pursuing such a step “now or in future”
ANC in KwaZulu-Natal used Zuma and then discarded him, says Niehaus
The provincial leaders used Zuma’s popularity to further their political careers, according to expelled cadre Carl Niehaus
Zuma’s private prosecution bid is a mirage, say lawyers
The former president’s counsel was misreading the law in an attempt to pin charges on state prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, the court heard
Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer is ‘diehard Stalingrad’
It is an abuse process designed to lay the ground for the next, counsel for the arms deal corruption prosecutor told the Pietermaritzburg high court
Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer postponed till August
The high court will next month hear applications by the state prosecutor and journalist Karyn Maughan to have the case against them set aside
Judge Koen recuses himself from Zuma corruption trial
Zuma’s legal team confirm it will soon file for Billy Downer to be removed as prosecutor
UPDATED: High court grants Ramaphosa interdict pausing Zuma’s prosecution bid
The president successfully argued that submitting to an unlawful summons would be would be a violation of his right to freedom