It was a day of arguments in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg, where two applications relating to former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of advocate Billy Downer and News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan were heard.
The matters had been set down for Monday and Wednesday, with most submissions completed by Monday afternoon.
Of the private prosecution, he said it was without merit and"unsustainable", adding:"It was initiated for an ulterior purpose, namely to delay the prosecution and if possible to prevent it from happening at all. Zungu advised him that the only suspect under consideration was Downer, and she had declined to prosecute him. This prompted Zuma's lawyers to seek a second certificate. That certificate, however, does not reference Maughan, Budlender said.
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