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Former president Jacob Zuma and former president Nelson Mandela.
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Zuma implicates Mandela and foundation in arms deal

The former president has written to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, requesting documents that he says will prove his innocence

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Getty Images)

Zuma a ‘victim of mob justice’ — Sikhakhane

The former president’s counsel wants his corruption case halted because of the NPA’s ‘clandestine’ tactics against him

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Getty)
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WATCH LIVE: Zuma corruption case postponed to July 27

The former president faces 16 charges relating to 783 payments allegedly received when he was still deputy president

Shaik was convicted of two counts of corruption and one of fraud

Schabir Shaik speaks: The law must take its course

One-time financial advisor to former president Jacob Zuma, Schabir Shaik’s comment was brief but spoke volumes

Richard Young

Arms deal ‘the shakiest acquisition I have ever seen’

Richard Young has argued at the arms deal commission that the tender process employed was illogical and illegitimate.

The case against Jacob G Zuma

The blizzard of spin focusing on the alleged political conspiracy against Jacob Zuma has diverted attention from the facts of the case against him.

Arms company Thint files papers for stay of prosecution

French arms company Thint on Monday filed papers in the high court arguing that the state should drop the fraud and corruption case against it.

Zuma trial set for August

ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma will emerge from the forthcoming election with a criminal prosecution hanging over his head.

Dangers of judicial activism

Last week’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma corruption trial has several potentially far-reaching implications.

Charges against Thint to be withdrawn

The charges that French arms company Thint faced alongside ANC president Jacob Zuma will be provisionally withdrawn.

NPA to reveal intentions for Zuma

The National Prosecuting Authority will reveal on Wednesday whether it intends appealing against last week’s Jacob Zuma court ruling.

Top judge slams Zuma court protests

KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala has criticised protests by ANC president Jacob Zuma’s supporters at courts across the province.

Hard for Zuma to find a date

Zuma’s legal team argue that it is his right to exhaust every possible legal avenue before his criminal trial commences.

No need for arms-deal probe, maintains Presidency

The Presidency has maintained there is no need for a judicial commission of inquiry into South Africa’s controversial arms deal.

Zuma thrills fans as court bid continues

African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma’s court bid continues on Tuesday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Zuma’s court bid ‘besides the point’

Presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma asked a court on Monday to scrap a long-running graft case against him, a bid the state described as pointless.

Court’s giant blow to Zuma

The Constitutional Court has removed the biggest remaining legal obstacle to the corruption and fraud trial of ANC president Jacob Zuma.

Thint mum on alleged contribution to ANC

French arms company Thint could not comment on Friday on its alleged financial contribution to an ANC conference under way in KwaZulu-Natal.

Disbanding Scorpions ‘will protect politicians’

The disbanding of the Scorpions will protect corrupt and criminal politicians from prosecution, the deputy director of Public Prosecutions warned on Thursday. The Directorate of…

Constitutional Court dismisses Shaik’s appeal

The Constitutional Court on Thursday dismissed an application by fraud convict Schabir Shaik to have over R33-million of his assets returned. Justice Kate O’Regan concluded that…