Jacob Zuma

After the 'Stalingrad season 27' finale, the former president's arms deal trial is due to start on 11 April.

And, he contended, the Porritt ruling itself was wrong in giving a narrow interpretation to the term “title to prosecute”. The SCA denied him leave to appeal that decision. Here, Zuma tried to revive claims of political manoeuvring around his initial indictment but to no avail.

The NPA's comments come after the supreme court of Appeal's dismissal of Zuma's latest bid to have state prosecutor advocate Billy Downer removed from his ...

The authority's comments come after the Supreme Court of Appeal's dismissal of Zuma's latest bid to have State prosecutor advocate Billy Downer removed from his corruption case. The NPA's comments come after the supreme court of Appeal's dismissal of Zuma's latest bid to have state prosecutor advocate Billy Downer removed from his corruption case.

Unless former president Jacob Zuma's legal team finds another loophole to continue their client's Stalingrad strategy to delay his criminal case, ...

On 26 May 2021, Zuma indicated to Judge Piet Koen of the Pietermaritzburg High Court – who will be hearing the trial – that he would be bringing a special plea application before the court. Thales is facing one count of racketeering, two counts of corruption and one count of money laundering. In February, Koen denied Zuma leave to appeal against that judgment, stating that the trial should proceed.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed with costs former president Jacob Zuma's four attempted challenges to his corruption prosecution, just days before ...

We have always maintained that there is no prospect of success on appeal as issues raised have been pronounced upon by the same SCA, he said. While Zuma also applied to lead further evidence in his appeal, largely to do with his complaints that Downer had "leaked" publicly available court documents to News24, Koen had found that none of this evidence related to whether Downer had the "title" to prosecute him – the key issue that would need to be decided in an appeal. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed with costs former president Jacob Zuma's four attempted challenges to his corruption prosecution, just days before he is due back in court for his corruption trial.

Former president Jacob Zuma's appeal case has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) with costs. This in his bid to have State Prosecutor Billy ...