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‘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 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
NPA supports Billy Downer as Zuma serves summons
The prosecuting authority is expecting more attacks on prosecutors as more state capture cases are enrolled
Court hears text message irrelevant to Mkhwebane’s legal fortunes
Advocate Andrew Breitenbach, appearing for parliament, said the message he received did not advantage his client and was no cause to suspend the impeachment inquiry against the…
Mkhwebane argues Concourt rescission ruling is not final
Public protector’s counsel said nothing in the law prohibited her from filing another rescission application
Concourt dismisses Mkhwebane’s rescission application
The public protector is attempting to use an alleged leak on the rescission decision to undermine the ruling – and the highest court in the land
Parliament says it will mull Mkhwebane’s demand to delay impeach processes
Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants the process halted pending an investigation she has demanded the constitutional court conducts into an obscure text message — and is trying to dictate…
Mkhwebane says she will lay charges against SMS sender
The embattled public protector has also again petitioned the constitutional court on the subject of the message, which she claims suggest the outcome of her rescission…
Message that prompted Mkhwebane case postponement was ‘innocent’
But observers said the damage was done, delaying impeachment proceedings and providing more ammunition for political attack on the apex court
Sinister message to counsel caused postponement in Mkhwebane’s latest court bid
The high court postponed the public protector’s bid to stem her suspension after a text message that would suggest, if legitimate, that constitutional court judges were leaking…
Zuma tries to turn his courtroom attack on Downer into a criminal case
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
Panel on Mkhwebane was proof of parliament’s caution, court hears
Counsel argued the National Assembly had not delegated its power on weighing if there were grounds to remove the public protector, but canvassed advice
Richtersvelders back in court
Opposing groups from the Richtersveld community came face to face in the Land Claims Court in Cape Town on Tuesday as the court prepared to weigh up a settlement agreement. The…