Zuma misses deadline in his legal challenge to avoid prosecution
The EFF has turned some pay-back-the-money heat on Zuma’s lawyer, Michael Hulley
Former president Jacob Zuma has missed his own deadline to challenge the decision that he face prosecution — and questions over who is paying his legal bills may be the reason. Zuma’s as yet unexplained failure to meet Wednesday’s deadline comes as the EFF turns up the heat on his lawyers, by demanding attorney Michael Hulley be ordered to pay back millions in taxpayers’ money already spent on Zuma’s legal fees. EFF leader Julius Malema said the party was challenging a decision by the state attorney "to pay unlimited amounts of public money to a private attorneys’ firm to perform and procure legal and related services for a politician facing charges of corruption and other charges". "It has emerged that payments in excess of R32m have been made so far‚ and more payments are expected to be made in the future‚" he said, later stating that these payments were clearly unlawful. Malema said it was apparent the charges Zuma stood accused of had nothing to do with his official functions — ...
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