No 1, your time is up
No more get out of jail free cards, Mr President
Shaun Abrahams has included old hands in a team to bring the president to justice. These men have years of experience and inside knowledge of the case, as well as a desire to see a successful prosecution, after earlier efforts were thwarted
President Jacob Zuma has made it impossible for the state not to prosecute him for corruption. It should have happened years ago, of course. Now, finally, Zuma seems certain to be charged, after a 13-year legal campaign to avoid ever standing in the dock for corruption, which has, unwittingly, helped the state construct the sturdy architecture of his own prosecution. Insiders who spoke to the Financial Mail have revealed how Shaun Abrahams, a prosecutions boss now eager to prove he is independent, has put together a crack team to work on the Zuma case, led by seasoned prosecutor Billy Downer and former Scorpions investigator Johan du Plooy. Finally, it seems that Zuma’s "Stalingrad" approach to the criminal case against him — fighting every single point, every ruling, every technicality — has worn itself out. It’s a belated vindication of the key constitutional principle that we are, all of us, equal before the law. In the next few months, expect the state to try to prove that.Polit...
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