1h ago Zuma was the president of the ANC. He must be supported at all times. As ANC leaders, that s how we were brought up in the ANC, Magashule told a group of journalists as he entered court. | @kaveelshttps://t.co/GvSK0X5RcA News24 (@News24) May 17, 2021
2h ago Barry Roux, for French arms company Thales, says it is ready to proceed. Case adjourned to 26 May.
2h ago Masuku: Mr Zuma is ready to proceed with the trial, he has always been ready to proceed with the trial. He adds that it should never be regarded that the plea he intends to raise is a sign that he is not ready to proceed.
Former president Jacob Zuma during a court appearance in Pietermaritzburg in 2019. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
There was yet another postponement on Monday to the highly-anticipated start of the corruption, racketeering and money laundering trial of former president Jacob Zuma and his co-accused, French arms company Thales.
The trial, due to a lack of finality in terms of the pretrial proceedings, was adjourned to May 26, a date on which Zuma and his co-accused are expected to enter their formal plea.
Zuma’s legal team, led by advocate Thabani Masuku, indicated that it would be bringing an application for state prosecutor Billy Downer, to recuse himself from leading the state’s prosecution.
Jacob Zumaâs corruption trial postponed to May 26
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Durban - Former president Jacob Zuma is ready to proceed with the corruption and racketeering trial against him, his legal team told the Pietermaritzburg High Court as trial proceedings were postponed until May 26.
Proceedings on Monday began with Judge Piet Koen granting Zuma s former lawyer, Eric Mabuza, leave to withdraw as Zumaâs legal representative.
Zuma is on trial on charges of racketeering, two counts of corruption and 12 counts of fraud â nine of which are for allegedly making false income tax returns. He is charged along with French arms manufacturer Thales.
Jumping on the bandwagon doesn't always pay off - something KZN ANC stalwarts Mdumiseni Ntuli and Sihle Zikalala learned the hard way at the Zuma trial.
The three yet-to-be-identified ladies were reportedly arrested after they failed to foot their hotel bills.
A video footage of the three ladies in handcuffs trying to apologize to the hotel manager after failing to pay the required amount has since flooded social media.
According to the ladies, the guy who was supposed to take care of the bills left the hotel and never came back.
In the video, one of the three ladies wearing all black can be heard telling the cleaner to get a job. She can also be heard threatening to sue the person taking the video.
The cleaner sarcastically responds and asks her how she intends to sue them when they canât even pay for a stay in a hotel.