After almost a decade of successfully avoiding an appearance in front of a court of law on more than seven hundred charges of corruption, the president of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, might be edging ever so closer to finally having his day in court.
The possibility of Zuma eventually facing a court challenge was given immense impetus by the reported declaration by Advocate Billy Downer that the corruption charges against the president should never have been dropped. Media reports have surfaced that Downer, the senior prosecutor in the corruption case against Zuma, made these assertions in an affidavit that was submitted to contradict some of the justifications that were previously given by Advocate Willie Hofmeyer on behalf of the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) to prevent Zuma from facing prosecution.
If the courts are persuaded to follow and agree with Downer’s logic during the review of the Zuma “Spy tapes” saga, then the president shall definitely have his long-awaited day in court…
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