Jacob Zuma’s new legal team wants a permanent stay of prosecution
The DA and EFF have lodged applications asking that the court order the state to stop funding Zuma’s legal fees
The corruption case against former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales has been postponed for a further three months to allow the defence teams to make applications for a permanent stay of prosecution. KwaZulu-Natal Deputy Judge President Mjabuliseni Madondo has given the defence until November 16 to lodge their applications for a stay of prosecution and postponed the case to November 30. Zuma's counsel Mike Hellens SC told the court that the former president's new legal team had abandoned the decision to apply for a review of the decision to charge him, but rather go straight for a permanent stay of prosecution. "We have looked at the matter and decided that a review would not be appropriate and we discarded that ... A permanent stay is a very realistic option and has great prospect of success." State prosecutor Billy Downer had first asked the court to order that the applications for a permanent stay of prosecution be lodged at the end of August or beginning June,...
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