⚖️Court declares Jacob Zuma's private prosecution case against President Cyril Ramaphosa unlawful and unconstitutional. Zuma ordered to pay Ramaphosa's legal fees💰 ZumavsRamaphosa JacobZuma CyrilRamaphosa TheCitizenNews Catch up here⬇️
“Mr Zuma’s private prosecution of Mr Ramaphosa in respect of the charges set out in the summons and grounded on the allegations set out in the summary of facts attached to the summons is interdicted,” read the judgement.certificates, upon which the prosecution was based were vague and one of them, originally issued in respect of Downer, was out of time to have any application to Ramaphosa.Zuma has also been ordered to pay Ramaphosa’s costs, including the costs of two of his counsel.
“Mr Zuma’s private prosecution of Mr Ramaphosa instituted under the summons is unlawful and unconstitutional and is set aside.”In welcoming the ruling, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the governing party members hoped that the case was now put to bed “once and for all”. “We haven’t been very vocal about this matter, but we don’t want to infringe on the rights of individuals when they defend what is duly their own integrity and right to take matters of that nature for [private] prosecution.”
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