Judges dismiss Jacob Zuma’s claims that prosecution was too tainted to go ahead
The high court finds there was ‘no evidence’ Mokotedi Mpshe’s decision to reinstate corruption charges against the former president was politically motivated
11 October 2019 - 12:17
Three high court judges have dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s claims that his corruption prosecution was too tainted by political interference to go ahead.
In a unanimous 76-page ruling delivered on Friday morning, the high court in Pietermaritzburg found that there was “no evidence” that former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) acting head Mokotedi Mpshe’s 2007 decision to reinstate corruption charges against Zuma was politically motivated...
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