Former president Jacob Zuma appears to be going ahead with a Stalingrad defence of deploying every possible legal device to stop his prosecution proceeding as he faces 16 charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering. It is understood that if his application to review the decision to prosecute him fails, he will then approach the courts in a bid to get a permanent stay of prosecution. Zuma made his first appearance in the High Court in Durban on Friday when the matter was provisionally postponed to June 8. Prosecutor Billy Downer, who successfully prosecuted Zuma’s former financial adviser Schabir Shaik, told the court that Zuma’s legal counsel had indicated it would file the review application by May 15. "Depending on the result there might be further applications for permanent stay, [but] those issues are not being addressed now," he said. Downer said the state was ready to go to trial and that the court roll was open for the trial to start on November 12. Accuse...
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