Former head of state Jacob Zuma’s brazen attempt to privately prosecute Cyril Ramaphosa has hit another hurdle, with the current president saying he’ll launch a court application to declare Zuma’s attempted legal moves against him ‘unlawful’.
The Jacob G Zuma Foundation statement, in relation to the attempted private prosecution saga, said Ramaphosa was expected to appear in the high court in Johannesburg on 19 January.On Tuesday, 27 December, it emerged that Ramaphosa had approached the high court notifying it of his intention to make an application on 10 January.
Ultimately, he wants a summons against him to be declared unlawful and wants the private prosecution being driven by Zuma declared “unlawful, unconstitutional, invalid” and for it to be set aside. READ: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s notice of motion to a) interdict former President Zuma from pursuing his private prosecution against him b) pending Ramaphosa’s bid to set that private prosecution aside as unlawful and unconstitutional.
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