Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer and Maughan postponed for six months

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Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer and Maughan postponed for six months
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Advocate Dali Mpofu, acting for Jacob Zuma objected to Billy Downer and Karyn Maughan not sitting in the dock.

’s private prosecution of state prosecutor Advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan has been postponed to 9 April 2024.and Maughan were back in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday for the private prosecution that Zuma instituted against them.

Mpofu said Zuma and his lawyers are “here to protect the integrity of the courts” by insisting that Downer and Maughan sit in the criminal dock. Zuma approached the SCA to overturn the Pietermaritzburg High Court judgment which set aside his private prosecution of Downer and Maughan.

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