Zuma's legal team approached the Director of Public Prosecutions in KwaZulu-Natal to have Downer prosecuted alleging that his biased against the former president.
JOHANNESBURG - The National Prosecuting Authority on Tuesday turned down former president Jacob Zuma's request to prosecute advocate Billy Downer.
"These allegations or charges are baseless and there is no merit in any possible private prosecution. We consider this an abuse of the private prosecution process." They include that Zuma received an annual kickback of R500,000 through his former financial advisor, Schabir Shaik, in exchange for shielding Thales from investigations.
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