Former president Jacob Zuma’s attempt to institute a private prosecution against President Cyril Ramaphosa was set aside on Wednesday.
A full bench of the Johannesburg high court ruled that the private prosecution brought by Zuma against his successor was “unlawful and unconstitutional”.
Zuma sought to prosecute Ramaphosa after he alleged that his medical information was leaked to the media, when he sought to postpone the so-called arms deal trial in 2021. This loss comes after another failed attempt by Zuma to privately prosecute senior state advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan after his case was set aside in June. The former president alleged that the pair had contravened the NPA Act in that Downer had leaked his confidential medical records to Maughan.
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