Zuma’s claim in private prosecution defies logic, says KZN prosecutions head
Elaine Zungu says President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot be both witness and accused
14 February 2023 - 20:01
KwaZulu-Natal director of public prosecutions Elaine Zungu has rubbished claims by former president Jacob Zuma that President Cyril Ramaphosa was always a suspect in his private prosecution against prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan.
“With all due respect, it defies logic that the applicant [Ramaphosa] could have been a suspect,” she said in an affidavit filed in the high court in Johannesburg on Monday...
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