The full impact of the former president’s health status on his trial remains unclear
Shaik was jailed for 15 years for his role in the payments made when Zuma was KwaZulu-Natal member of the executive council for economic development. Zuma was charged over the payments, but the case was withdrawn and eventually reinstated in 2018.by the department of correctional services following the receipt of a report from his South African Medical Health Services doctors on his condition.
It is not clear at this stage what impact the former president’s health will have on the trial proceedings, which are set to finally get underway once an application for the removal of prosecutor advocate Billy Downer is heard.
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