Zuma spy tapes
‘It’s a political vendetta’: Zuma’s supporters disappointed over trial
Black First Land First president Andile Mngxitama said Jacob Zuma was a victim of a political plot.
In July, Jacob Zuma’s new legal team showed its hand for the first time, requesting time to put together an application for a permanent stay of prosecution.
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation says the withdrawal of the charges against President Jacob Zuma has caused SA undue and unnecessary strain for more than a decade and a half.
Former MK general Siphiwe Nyanda is leading a group of the party's disgruntled former soldiers who continue to call for President Jacob Zuma to step down.
The NPA & President Jacob Zuma went to Bloemfontein last month to appeal a High Court order which set aside the 2009 decision to withdraw charges against the President.
Former NPA head Mxolisi Nxasana was removed from the NPA in 2015 amid fears that he would reinstate the charges against Zuma.
The party has expressed outrage that President Jacob Zuma dragged the case for eight years only to concede at the final hurdle.
The NPA, together with Zuma, has appealed the High Court ruling that the decision in 2009 to withdraw the charges against him was irrational and they should be set aside.
The NPA and Jacob Zuma have approached the Supreme Court to challenge the High Court's decision that the withdrawal of charges against the president was irrational.
Jacob Zuma and the NPA will try to convince the Supreme Court of Appeal that he should not be prosecuted on corruption charges.
The main opposition will be filing the papers in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
A full bench of the PTA High Court last year set aside the 2009 decision to drop the 783 charges against President Jacob Zuma.
The court has referred President Zuma’s application to appeal the High Court’s ruling for oral argument.
The SCA says it wants Zuma’s lawyers to argue in court why he should be granted leave to appeal.
The Constitutional Court said last week that it would not hear the NPA’s appeal at this stage.
NPA head Shaun Abrahams called a press briefing early on Tuesday morning in Pretoria.
The NPA says it’s clear the ConCourt took into consideration Jacob Zuma’s appeal to the SCA.
The Constitutional Court decided not to hear NPA’s appeal in the so-called spy tapes matter.