'High' prospects of Zuma overturning Downer private prosecution decision: expert

JOHANNESBURG - A legal expert says he believes there are “high” prospects of former president Jacob Zuma successfully overturning the Pietermaritzburg High Court’s setting aside of his private prosecution of state advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan.

"There’s a criminal matter that needs to be dealt with and it must be a criminal court that must be able to deal with it.

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