The much-anticipated prosecution of former president Jacob Zuma and French arms manufacturer Thales is set to get under way at the high court in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday.

Zuma and Thales are facing charges of fraud, racketeering, corruption and money laundering relating to the controversial multibillion-rand arms deal of the 1990s...

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