Court will allow opposition parties to intervene in Zuma’s bid to block state capture report
The High Court in Pretoria has also dismissed a last-ditch application by Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen to prevent the release of the report, with costs, for lack of urgency
A full bench of the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon granted the applications of four opposition political parties and former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor to intervene in the application by President Jacob Zuma to prevent the release of the state capture report. The court also dismissed a last-ditch application by Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen to prevent the release of the report with costs for lack of urgency. The Congress of the People‚ the EFF‚ the United Democratic Movement‚ the DA and Mentor want to intervene in Zuma’s application. They are seeking an order compelling the release of the report. Van Rooyen’s application on Monday was the second in a period of less than a month. Van Rooyen withdrew his application on October 19‚ saying he had received an assurance from the public protector that he was not implicated. However‚ this changed on Monday when he again sought to apply to block the release of the report. What now remains to be...
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