Mpofu began his argument by questioning the authority of the court — a civil court sitting as a full bench with three judges — to hear the matter.
Advocate Dali Mpofu representing former president Jacob Zuma in the private prosecution matter before the Pietermaritzburg high court on Wednesday.It would be “chaos and bizarre” if accused persons standing before judges in a criminal court could “pop next door” to a civil court to ask for their prosecution to be set aside.
Zuma is opposing a bid by senior state advocate Billy Downer — who is the lead prosecutor in his arms-deal-related corruption trial — and journalist Karyn Maughan to quash a private prosecution he has instituted against them on allegations they contravened the NPA Act through the “leak” of a court document containing his personal medical records.
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