It hasn’t been a very good day for former president Jacob Zuma.Hours after he appeared in the Durban High Court on corruption charges‚ lawyers for President Cyril Ramaphosa officially withdrew the appeal against the state-capture judgment — and made it clear that Zuma will have to fight the estimated R10m personal costs order made against him on his own."Take further notice that, with regards to the appeal on the issue of the punitive costs‚ the current President is not liable in that the punitive costs were against the former president in his personal capacity and, as such, we do not purport to act on the former president’s behalf in this notice."The North Gauteng High Court ordered Zuma to personally foot the bill in his aborted bid to block the release of then public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report‚ and his failed bid to review it. Three judges slammed his legal challenges as "ill-advised and reckless".Zuma’s lawyers have yet to indicate whether he will fight ...
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