Lungani Zungu
With his day in court now unavoidable, Jacob Zuma will not go down alone.
Zuma, a man who always said he wanted his days in court but used every trick in the book to delay them, is now dragging prominent organisations and foundations, which might have benefitted from the Arms Deal in the 1990s into the battle.
Without mentioning names, the JG Zuma Foundation threatened that Zuma would expose these foundations and prominent organisations.
“The legal team of Jacob Zuma has dispatched letters to prominent organisations and foundations who benefitted from the Arms Deal to reveal pertinent details of the relevant transitions,” read a tweet from the foundation.
The foundation said the details will be presented during Zuma’s trial “to set the record straight at the right time.”
Zuma heads back to the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday.
He faces 18 charges from the Arms Deal relating to bribes he allegedly received from France-based arms company Thales, formerly Thompson-CSF, in exchange for protection from future prosecution.
He pleaded not guilty.
In what was described as Zuma’s delaying tactics, he applied for the recusal of prosecutor Billy Downer from the case, accusing Downer of being biased and working with international spy agencies including the CIA.
Zuma, who is serving a 15-month jail term, scored a victory earlier this week after Judge Pete Koen agreed to hold his plea hearing in person in an open court.
This meant that Zuma will be at the Pietermaritzburg High Court and his supporters, who had previously defied the lockdown regulations, are expected to be there to support him.
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