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Former President Jacob Zuma.
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- Former President Jacob Zuma’s corruption issue has been postponed again, this time to resolve pre-trial issues.
- The NPA says the issues include Thales’ request for review, its request for details from the Status, and clarity on Covid-19 international travel.
- The matter will resume on December 8 at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzbur.gram.
The corruption issue involving former President Jacob Zuma has been postponed to resolve pre-trial issues, the National Fiscal Authority (NPA) said on Tuesday.
“By agreement, all parties have agreed to postpone the matter to resolve pre-trial management issues,” said NPA spokeswoman Natasha Kara.
He said the issues involved Thales’s request for review, Thales’s request for more details from the State, and “greater clarity on the resumption of international travel under Covid-19 restrictions affecting the witnesses and Thales representative,” he said. from abroad”.
The matter was postponed until December 8.
It was last heard at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on June 23, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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At the time, News24 reported that an arrest warrant had been issued for Zuma after he failed to show up earlier in the year.
Issues related to his sick note dominated the conversation about the case, as Zuma said he was in Cuba receiving medical treatment.
An arrest warrant was issued on 4 February after Judge Dhaya Pillay found a sick note issued by a military doctor unacceptable.
It found vital details missing, which were standard on a sick note to the court, including a medical number to show that the doctor was certified and registered.
During his appearance in June, the arrest warrant against him was canceled because an accepted sick note was presented to the court and Zuma himself attended the process.
The affair, which has been brewing for more than a decade, is about to go to trial following unsuccessful requests to stay the indictment from both Zuma and the French co-defendant arms company, Thales.
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News24 reported that, during an episode of Zooming with Zumas, a series of interviews by the former president and his son, Duduzane, discussed their readiness for their day in court.
During the 49-minute episode, Zuma spoke about his alleged persecution by the media, the judiciary, and some of his detractors.
He said he was preparing to “show that he has never profited from any corruption in the arms trade or tried to evade prosecution.”
News24 reported that, in answering questions about his impending court cases, Zuma said he believed some judges had found him guilty even before the case was heard.
He said it was almost a given that if he went to certain courts, he couldn’t win the case. He said some people in the judiciary “have stated that Zuma will never win a case in my court.”
Zuma faces 16 charges, including extortion, fraud, corruption and money laundering.
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