Former South African president Jacob Zuma appears in court facing charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering
Lawyers and members of the audience attend the trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, on May 20, 2019.
He allegedly pocketed around four million rand from 783 payments handled by Schabir Shaik, a businessman who acted as his financial adviser. Sikhakhane argued at Pietermartizburg high court that Zuma's constitutional right to a prompt trial "had been compromised or violated to the point where we could say 'a fair trial can never happen'."
"Thales reiterates that it has no knowledge of any transgressions having been committed by any of its employees.""Politics is not good. Some people, they don't like Zuma — that's why they took him to court," Vukhani Khumalo told AFP, saying court proceedings against him should be scrapped.A separate judicial enquiry into alleged state corruption during Zuma's time as president is hearing evidence in Johannesburg.
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