The prosecuting authority should proceed according to the evidence, regardless of a perceived reluctance on government’s part to jail the former president

Charge instituted on the eve of the ANC’s elective conference where Ramaphosa is seeking a second term in the presidency

But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process

Judge Piet Koen granted the former president’s application for a postponement but will only decide in August whether to grant an order that a virtual hearing would be…