Despite obtaining an order this week allowing them to not face former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution, journalist Karyn Maughan and senior counsel Billy Downer found themselves back in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to face Zuma’s private prosecution on Friday morning.

Downer and Maughan sought a postponement, which was successful: the matter has been postponed to November 1..

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