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It would not be presumptuous for one to assume that whatever argument Jacob Zuma’s legal team presents to the Pietermaritzburg high court – for the state prosecutor Billy Downer to recuse himself – will eventually fail.
The former president returns to court, for his fraud and corruption trial, on 26 May, when the application for Downer to be removed from the case will be heard.
Strangely, the news of the pending application has been known for a while. One would have expected that by the time Zuma appeared in court for the start of his trial on 17 May, the affidavit – stating the alleged case against Downer – would have been ready. That was not to be, lending credence to the widely held belief that this is another one of Zuma’s tactics to delay his trial indefinitely. Surely if Zuma had evidence of nothing short of misconduct on Downer’s part, he would have gleefully handed it over to the court already?
WATCH: Jacob Zuma corruption trial turns Pietermaritzburg High Court into hive of activity
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Pietermaritzburg - The Pietermaritzburg High Court and its precinct were turned into a hive of activity on Monday morning as the long-mothballed corruption, fraud and money laundering case against former president Jacob Zuma got under way.
Zuma is accused of pocketing bribes from Durban businessman Schabir Shaik during the procurement of arms between 1998 and 1999. The bribes allegedly came from Thales, a French arms company that scored some dubious tenders during the procurement. It is a co-accused in the matter.
Unexpectedly, the Zuma trial drew scores of senior ANC members, both at provincial and national level, to support the embattled former president.
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