Zumas Bid To Privately Prosecute Ramaphosa Back In Court On Thursday
Former President Jacob Zumas bid to privately prosecute his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa , will likely reach finality on Thursday.
The matter will return to the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
The private prosecution invalidated in July 2023 has been sitting idle on that courts criminal roll pending appeals.
The latest appeal at the Constitutional Court was refused in an order dated 3 February , with the court finding no reasonable prospects of success on the merits.
VIDEO In July 2023, the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg found that former President Jacob Zuma instituted the private prosecution of Ramaphosa for an ulterior motive:Former President Zuma sought to privately prosecute the incumbent in his corruption trial before the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg for the alleged leak of his health records.
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