STEVEN FRIEDMAN: How the courts work — for Zuma and for all
Jacob Zuma and his cronies may cry ‘political conspiracy’ at talk of an arrest warrant, but the media should know better
11 February 2020 - 16:58
Our mainstream debate is obsessed with courts, but seems to know little about how they work.
A hot topic in the debate — and some political reportage — is the arrest warrant served on Jacob Zuma. His supporters have been brewing up a media storm, complete with dire threats of a “fight back”, hints that Cyril Ramaphosa personally ordered the warrant, and the inevitable claim that the judge is conspiring with Pravin Gordhan...
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