Jacob zuma spy tapes
Wim Trengove: Zuma can’t rely on spy tapes for permanent stay of prosecution
Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers have used excerpts from the spy tapes to argue that the case against him is politically motivated.
It’s estimated that the State has coughed up between R15 million and R32 million since 2005 to pay for Jacob Zuma’s lawyers and advocates as well as cost orders made against him.
Jacob Zuma’s counsel told the court that the DA knew as far back as 2008 that the state attorney’s office was paying his legal fees.
The State attorney's office has picked up the tab since 2005 and continued to pay through the drawn-out spy tapes legal challenge.
The DA wants the court to declare that the state is not liable for the costs incurred by former President Jacob Zuma in his personal capacity in criminal prosecutions against him.
Qaanitah Hunter says the former president seems to be cautious to be the delinquent litigant he has become infamous for.
Qaanitah Hunter says the former president remains intent on employing a “Stalingrad litigation strategy” despite the legal noose now becoming rather firm around his neck.
Stephen Grootes asks how the ANC can claim to both be fighting corruption and supporting someone accused of corruption?
Judith February says that for someone who has always said he wanted his day in court, Jacob Zuma did everything possible to evade accountability - all at our cost.
The deadline for the president to submit representations is midnight.
The DA walked out of a parliamentary session addressed by President Zuma on 2 November in protest over the potential cost to the public purse of his legal fees.
The protracted spy tapes saga has cost the DA in the order of R10 million. But the president has refused to say how much it has cost him.
The NPA says Jacob Zuma himself has until that date to submit any further envisaged representations as does the Democratic Alliance.
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba also says the corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma raise political risks.
Newly elected ANC Veterans League president Snuki Zikalala has warned the ANC leadership that it will be held responsible should it fail to take action when needed.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday confirmed that the decision to withdraw criminal charges against the President in 2009 was irrational.
Judith February says that for each day that President Zuma remains in power, the country is dragged further down the abyss of corruption and mismanagement.
NPA boss Shaun Abrahams is expected to inform President Jacob Zuma’s legal team this week whether he will consider fresh representations from him on why he should not be prosecuted.
The Supreme Court of Appeal reaffirmed on Friday the High Court’s finding that the decision to discontinue the case against Zuma in 2009 was irrational.