Court turns down Zuma’s bid to join Gupta-Gordhan-banks case
The Pretoria High Court is packed with legal heavyweights as the finance minister’s application gets under way
The High Court in Pretoria has told President Jacob Zuma’s legal representatives that he is not formally part of the process and so cannot be added as an “interested party”. Zuma made an 11th-hour application on Monday asking to be added in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s application against Gupta-linked Oakbay Investments as an “interested party”. Zuma, through an affidavit from state attorney Kgosi Lekabe, tackled Standard Bank’s explosive response to Gordhan’s application, filed in December 2016, in which it appealed for protection against executive interference in the bank. Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said on Tuesday that because Zuma was not a party in the matter, his legal team could only observe. Matthew Chaskalson SC, for Zuma, told the court he would await instruction from his client on whether he should remain in court for the next two days as an observer. He told the court Zuma did not want to join proceedings but wanted to be an interested party as Standard ...
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