The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to stop using ‘Stalingrad tactics’ to delay the long-running arms deal…
The French arms company says the death of two key defence witnesses has hurt its case
The state had pleaded with Judge Nkosinathi Chili to dismiss the application and set a trial date in the arms deal corruption case against the former president
The state’s bid to have a trial date set was stymied by Zuma’s counsel signalling that he was seeking leave to appeal This content is restricted to registered users and…
The delay has been forced by the former president’s latest application challenging the standing of state prosecutor Billy Downer
The high court will next month hear applications by the state prosecutor and journalist Karyn Maughan to have the case against them set aside
Zuma’s legal team confirm it will soon file for Billy Downer to be removed as prosecutor
Ex-president has run out options in his bid to overturn the the high court’s 2021 dismissal of his challenge to the standing of state prosecutor Billy Downer
The former president’s 11th-hour bid to appeal to the apex court on his standing as a prosecutor was not properly filed, hence the arms deal trial should resume
It’s the latest, and last available, attempt to appeal the dismissal of his plea that Billy Downer and the NPA can’t prosecute him in the arms deal case
The apex court said it was not in the interests of justice to allow an appeal in this instance
NPA prosecutor says the sum is needed as security for legal defence costs in a matter seen as another bid by Zuma to delay his arms deal trial
The prosecuting authority is expecting more attacks on prosecutors as more state capture cases are enrolled
Judge Piet Koen has postponed the arms deal case again pending a pronouncement from the constitutional court on Zuma’s application for leave to appeal
Former president argues that SCA president Mandisa Maya misdirected herself when she dismissed his appeal
The former president has been issued with a certificate from the National Prosecuting Authority that allows him to pursue a case against the state prosecutor
The former president’s counsel told the high court he suffered a medical emergency, before pleading that the trial be delayed pending his latest attempt at securing the removal…
Judge Piet Koen said there was no reasonable prospect of success for an appeal on the dismissal of Zuma’s plea to have Billy Downer removed as prosecutor and it was in the…
Jacob Zuma has laid charges claiming that Billy Downer, and the NPA, have irredeemably tainted the arms deal corruption charges that have haunted him since 2005
The full impact of the former president’s health status on his trial remains unclear
