Zuma supporters can’t go to his trial due to lockdown

However, the regulations won't stop a group of Zuma supporters from lobbying at a hotel in Johannesburg instead.

South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma's supporters gather at the Pietermaritzburg High Court where he is appearing on corruption charges, in what would be the first time he faces trial for graft despite multiple accusations, in Pietermaritzburg on October 15, 2019. Picture: Michele Spatari / AFP

Zuma is expected back in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday for the start of his pre-trial proceedings. He said the supporters were upbeat and believed the National Prosecuting Authority was on its back foot as a potential trial date is argued for this week.

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