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The long-running arms deal case is heading for further delays after Zuma’s attorney and senior counsel withdrew at the 11th hour
The former president is looking for new pro bono legal counsel
to defend him on arms deal charges, on the brink of the matter going to trial after 17 years
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Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption
Last year, the former president walked out on the deputy chief justice, despite being summoned to give evidence
The former president says he will talk once the courts have ruled, but the head of the state capture inquiry appears resigned to letting the clock run out as the commission’s deadline nears
Any move made by the Zondo commission head or by former president Jacob Zuma must be calculated, because one mistake from either side could lead to a political fallout
Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers say they won’t honour it
After the former president stalked out of a sitting, it asked the ConCourt to force him to appear before the inquiry. A ruling has not been made but the summons remains valid
Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘allowed her important office to be used to try and resuscitate a long-dead fake news propaganda fiction’, the court ruled
It is Zondo’s legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission
So says public protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s lawyer, who said she had reason to suspect the money was being laundered through the campaign
The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons
The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head
The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent
The former president’s advocate and commission lawyers were embroiled in a showdown of who best argued the apprehension of bias doctrine
The application for the state capture commission chair to recuse himself lays bare the history of the two men
The former president’s bid for an October trial date seems set to fail
High court says people can refuse to hand information over to the protector if there is “just cause” and also makes a personal costs order against Mkhwebane
The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records — despite a tweet from Zuma’s twitter account in November. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (Sars), Edward Kieswetter, are in a court battle after Kieswetter refused to […]
In his application for leave to appeal, Zuma argued that an appeal court could find the prosecution had dirty hands so the trial should not proceed
Former president’s counsel argues their client has been ‘relentlessly cross-examined’
Despite Nxamalala’s walkout from the Zondo commission, we’ve learned a few things this week
Former president’s legal team halts proceedings, arguing its client is being cross-examined
Before the commission could get stuck into Barbara Hogan’s evidence, the former president’s counsel asked for an early adjournment
A letter purportedly proving that a high-level meeting took place in 2003 to discuss Jacob Zuma’s prosecution is the latest twist in the case
The supporters that usually crowded outside the court and in the public gallery were absent at Jacob Zuma’s bid to get off corruption charges
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he is the victim of a ‘pattern of behaviour’ that has made his name synonymous with corruption
Zuma’s lawyers say the courts should not condone unconstitutional conduct by the NPA
The former president’s counsel wants his corruption case halted because of the NPA’s ‘clandestine’ tactics against him
"This suspension is unlawful and constitutes a breach of contract," Judge Annelie Basson said in her judgement.
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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) on Thursday dismissed an application by the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) to get the full record of the blacklisting inquiry at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The FXI had asked Icasa to subpoena the record to help it defend its complaint that the SABC had violated licensing conditions.