In mid-June, Zuma’s legal team filed an application to the Constitutional Court. Had the apex court already ruled on the application and found against Zuma, the graft trial would have been set to start on 15 August.NPA prosecutor Billy Downer in court in court for Jacob Zuma’s case on 17 May 2022.Photo:Doctor Ngcobo/African News Agency/Pool
The former president contends that Downer is not fit to prosecute at the trial because he is biased. Should the court find in his favour, according to Zuma, he will be entitled to an immediate acquittal in terms of section 106 of the same act. Zuma entered the special plea on 26 May 2021 when he also pleaded not guilty to a raft of charges relating to the controversial 1999 Arms Deal.
Zuma immediately submitted a reconsideration application to Maya in terms of section 17.2 of the Superior Courts Act, which allows an SCA judge president to personally intervene and have a matter heard by the SCA.Zuma is accused of receiving 791 payments, totalling R4.
Next will be the recusal of Judge Koen...