Celani Sikhakhane
Two prominent Nkandla citizens, former president Jacob Zuma and his staunch supporter Ngizwe Mchunu, are returning to court on Monday.
Their supporters are mobilising support in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
Zuma will be at the Pietermaritzburg High Court to hear the judgement on his appeal to have state prosecutor Billy Downer recused from presiding over his arms deal case.
His application to have Downer recused was rejected by the high court last year. He then applied for leave to appeal the ruling.
Zuma stated before that Downer was biased in his case and alleged that he leaked his medical details to the media.
He accused Downer of turning his criminal case into “a personal legacy project of his own”.
Zuma wants Downer removed from the corruption case, saying he doesn’t have a “lawful title” to prosecute him. The state pointed out most of his allegations had been aired in other court cases and dismissed, including over 100 paragraphs pasted from a previous legal application that was dismissed.
Zuma has been using a “Stalingrad” approach to his corruption case, named for the Russian city where its soldiers fought the Germans by defending every house on every street, eventually wearing out the enemy.
Structures such as Sanco Youth League, Friends of Jacob Zuma and many others are busy organising transportation from different locations to Pietermaritzburg High Court.
Meanwhile, former SABC DJ Mchunu will be appearing at Randburg Magistrate’s Court for allegedly instigating the unrest that took place in July after the arrest of Zuma.
Gazuzu Nduli, one of the organisers and a Durban University of Technology EFF student command leader, told Scrolla.Africa it’s all systems go for both court cases.
“Our comrades like Bonginkosi Khanyile and others in Gauteng will lead the programme to the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in support of Ngizwe Mchunu and in KZN we are busy with transport logistics to go to Pietermaritzburg in support of former president Jacob Zuma.
“It is our mandate that we will support them until justice is properly served because they are being the victims of the system that is against us as South Africans,” claimed Nduli, who offered no proof of these allegations.
