Former President Jacob Zuma has told supporters outside the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg that he could not afford to pay the legal fees for his ongoing trial. “I have to sell hats, socks to pay for legal fees, they don’t want me to have lawyers, they are ganging up on me, but I won’t..
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ZUMA: I HAVE TO SELL SOCKS AND HATS TO PAY LAWYERS – “They call me corrupt. But till today, no one can show what I have stolen”
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South Africa boots former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang (The alleged fraudster)
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South Africa said Tuesday it would send home former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang, who has been held since December on a US arrest warrant, to face corruption charges. “I have decided that the accused, Mr Manuel Chang, will be extradited to stand trial for his alleged offences in Mozambique,” South African Justice Minister Michael..
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US ‘disappointed’ at South African government for extraditing former minister to Mozambique and wanted him to face corruption charges in America
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The US Wednesday said it was greatly disappointed that South Africa had sent home a disgraced former Mozambican finance minister who it wanted to face corruption charges in America. The US embassy in Pretoria expressed Washington’s “great disappointment” at the decision, saying former minister Manuel Chang was accused of carrying out a $2 billion fraud..
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It pays to be the son of the most corrupt president SA ever had – NPA to ‘drop’ corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma
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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is expected to provisionally withdraw corruption charges against former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday. Duduzane Zuma’s lawyers have declined to comment until the court process is finalised on Thursday morning. NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane Aldo said the state would comment only after..
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Jacob Zuma appoints lawyers to fight latest cost order
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Former president Jacob Zuma has appointed lawyers to challenge a cost order worth an estimated R10-million in the state capture court case.
This latest reported appeal by Zuma will come in his personal capacity, after the Pretoria high court…………
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Shame: ZUMA – ‘I’VE BEEN WOUNDED BY THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH’
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Former president Jacob Zuma has hit out at his detractors saying that he has been wounded by the people that he grew up with.
Zuma spoke outside the Durban High Court on Friday morning where his corruption case has been postponed.
State capture: ANC plots a way for Zuma to walk free
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A presidential pardon could be part of the ANC’s package offered to President Jacob Zuma for him to vacate office before his term comes to an end in 2019. ANC insiders said this week there have been informal discussions between supporters of Zuma and ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa about the possibility of granting Zuma a..
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JZ sets conditions if he’s to go
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Supporters of President Jacob Zuma are demanding that ANC MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma take over as the country’s interim president as a condition for him to step down, ANC insiders told the Mail & Guardian this week. Party insiders familiar with the behind-the-scenes negotiations on Zuma’s future say the former ANC president and his supporters have..
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Jacob Zuma’s criminal status key for ANC rules
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If corruption charges against Jacob Zuma were to be re-enrolled, a fraught responsibility would fall on ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. Under the ANC’s constitution, the party’s secretary general “may suspend” a member or office bearer indicted to appear in a court if that seems necessary — “on the authority of” the party’s national executive..
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