The case relates to what the former president has described as the “leaking” of a “confidential” medical note submitted to the court as part of a postponement application in his corruption case.
JOHANNESBURG - State advocate Billy Downer and News24 journalist Karyn Maughan made their first appearance at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday to answer to the private prosecution former president Jacob Zuma has instituted against them.
essentially disclosing information he acquired in the scope of his duties as a prosecutor without the NationalHe hasn’t argued Downer gave Maughan the document in question, but rather that Downer sanctioned advocateZuma has accused Maughan of contravening section 41 - disclosing the contents of a document in the possession of the prosecuting authority without the National Director of Public Prosecution’s permission when she reported on the note.
Maughan, meanwhile, argued that Zuma never secured a nolle prosequi certificate – which confirms the NPA’s decision not to prosecute - to entitle him to institute a private prosecution against her - only Downer. She also argued Zuma lacked standing to institute the private prosecution in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act.
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