President Jacob Zuma has asked to intervene as an "interested party" in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s high court case involving the Gupta family and a number of banks. Zuma, via 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. Zuma argued that Standard Bank had sought relief that affected the president directly, but failed to join him into the legal proceedings as a party. The relief sought by Standard Bank — in addition to Gordhan’s application for a declaratory order — was for the court to declare that "no member of the national executive of the government, including the president and all members of the Cabinet, acting of their own accord", was empowered to "intervene in any manner whatsoever in any decision" by the banks to terminate banking relationships "with Oakbay Investments Propriety Limited and its as...
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