Jacob zuma arrest warrant
Zuma’s ConCourt rescission application likely to fail, warns legal expert
Legal expert Tyrone Mnguni said Jacob Zuma’s rescission application to the apex court which will be heard on Monday is likely to fail.
The former president is returning to the country amid mounting anticipation over the outcome various proceedings against him – including his corruption case.
This after last week a group of ANC members calling themselves RET came out to bat for former President Jacob Zuma after he was issued with a warrant of arrest by the Pietermaritzburg High Court over his failure to appear in court.
Judge Dhaya Pillay was not satisfied with the sick note Jacob Zuma's lawyers handed to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to prove that he was too ill to appear for his corruption pre-trial.
African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) president Bathabile Dlamini asked whether the judge would believe Jacob Zuma was ill when he was pushed into court on a stretcher.
The ANC has urged its leaders to stop casting doubt on the credibility of the judiciary after the Pietermaritzburg High Court issued an arrest warrant for Jacob Zuma.
The pre-trial conference in Zuma’s corruption case was scheduled to start on Tuesday but he was not there, with his lawyers citing his sickness.