South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has told a judge-led inquiry that allegations of corruption against him were a “conspiracy” aimed at removing him from the political scene. He was appearing for the first time at the inquiry, which is…
South Africa’s Zuma back in court over alleged corruption (Punch)
Former South African President Jacob Zuma was set to appear in court on Monday to argue for a permanent stay of prosecution in his ongoing corruption trial. Zuma dubbed the “Teflon president’’ because of his ability to weather scandal after…
I owe millions in legal fees, ex-president Zuma wails, denies keeping Gadafi’s $30m (Punch)
Former South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday denied hiding some $30m belonging to the late Libyan leader, Moamer Gaddafi, in his mansion. “Sigh! I owe millions in legal fees… I now hear that I have been keeping money belonging…
Zuma ordered to refund the state for his legal fees (BBC)
South Africa’s embattled former President Jacob Zuma will have to pay back the money provided for his legal fees. The state has paid between $1m (£792,000) and $2.2m in legal costs for Mr Zuma over the past decade. A High…
South Africa names first female top prosecutor (Guardian)
President Cyril Ramaphosa named a respected female lawyer on Tuesday to head South Africa’s prosecuting authority which had been accused of improperly protecting former president Jacob Zuma. His appointment of Shamila Batohi further distances him from Zuma’s scandal-tainted rule during…
South Africa’s Zuma seeks to have corruption case scrapped (Punch)
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Friday lodged a court application to try to have quashed $2.5-billion corruption case linked to a 1990s arms deal, state prosecutors said. Zuma has been charged with 16 counts of fraud, racketeering and…
Supreme court rules Zuma’s appointment of chief prosecutor ‘invalid’ (Punch)
South Africa’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the appointment of chief prosecutor Shaun Abrahams was “constitutionally invalid”. The court’s ruling, upheld a decision by a lower court that found Abrahams was improperly appointed by former president Jacob Zuma. Abrahams…
