It was a day of arguments in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg, where two applications relating to former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of advocate Billy Downer and News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan were heard.
Ex-president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution of State prosecutor Billy Downer is ‘an abuse of process because it is part of the strategy used by Mr Zuma since 2007’, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has been told.
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On Monday, Advocate Anton Katz, on behalf of the ATM, told the court that it appeared the Speaker was in the habit of rejecting requests for a secret ballot, and ignoring the prevailing toxic political environment.
While the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse will submit more input on the Electoral Amendment Bill, it is not taking asking the courts to review the bill in its current form off the table.