However, 'if you are the one largely responsible [for the delays] you can’t complain', University of Pretoria law lecturer Professor Llewelyn Curlewis said.
South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma appears in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on corruption charges, in what would be the first time he faces trial for graft despite multiple accusations, in Pietermaritzburg on October 15, 2019.
As the court yesterday heard yet another appeal involving former president Jacob Zuma’s controversial arms deal case, legal experts agreed that he is abusing the provisions of justice. The charges in question date back to two decades ago and relate to the controversial arms deal involving the French arms dealer, Thales.
On October 11, his bid to be granted a permanent stay of prosecution was dismissed by a full bench at the KZN High Court. “There is a common saying that justice delayed is justice denied. But everyone is entitled to a fair trial and in this case the opportunity to persuade the court that he should be granted the permanent stay of persecution.”
Zuma’s lawyer, advocate Muzi Sikhakhane, began proceedings yesterday by apologising to the court for using language in the papers accompanying his appeal application which the National Prosecuting Authority slammed as being “disrespectful”.
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