Warrant of arrest issued for Jacob Zuma, but no jail time yet
Judge rules that former president’s legal team failed to show why he did not appear in court
04 February 2020 - 12:29
Former president Jacob Zuma, who has managed to delay facing trial over the 1990s arms deal for more than a decade, will not be going to jail anytime soon despite a warrant for his arrest issued on Tuesday.
Judge Dhayanithie Pillay ordered the arrest after the former president, who has also faced accusations by witnesses at the Zondo commission that he was at the centre of a state-capture project that led to the looting of state resources and a decade of lacklustre economic growth, failed to arrive for a scheduled hearing...
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