Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has reacted to the Pietermaritzburg high court setting aside former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution of senior state advocate Billy Downer and News24 journalist Karyn Maughan.
The summonses in former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution cases against senior state advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have been set aside.
The high court in Pietermaritzburg has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma tried to abuse court processes. He has been ordered to pay both their legal fees.
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On Wednesday, a full bench led by Judge Gregory Kruger found that Zuma s private prosecution against the pair was an abuse of process and that the former president had instituted it with an ulterior motive in mind.