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ICYMI: Former President Jacob Zuma has thanked his supporters who turned out to support him at the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Applications by State prosecutor Advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan to set aside their private prosecution case by Zuma are expected to be heard on the 8th and 9th of December.in terms of the National Prosecuting Act for the alleged unauthorised disclosure of his medical report. Addressing his supporters outside court, Zuma maintains his allegation that Downer broke the law by sharing his medical records with Maughan.

“Today we are here in court in a very unusual way, we are used to being here if I’m appearing in court facing charges but today we are here because we have laid charges against the Prosecutor, the one who usually prosecutes me.

The former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution case against state advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan has been postponed to February 2, 2023. This after Maughan’s application for an urgent interdict could not be heard this morning, because the presiding judge in the motion court had a conflict of interest.“And the motion that was no longer seen, its urgency is equally incorrect.

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