SA: Zuma heads for court again

  1. Posted on Wednesday 1 October 2008 - 12:12
    Sam Banda Junior
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    Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    Prosecutors have filed an appeal against a ruling that quashed a graft case against Jacob Zuma, African National Congress leader of South Africa. A spokesman from South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority Tlali Tlali said on Tuesday that everything was ready and that the papers were ready.
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    "We have filed our papers today in the High Court," the spokesman told Reuters. Recently the South African media also reported that Mbeki had joined the prosecutors in Zuma’s corruption case. A Judge at Pietermaritzburg High court ruled early this month that there had been political interference in Zuma’s case and this led to the ANC removing Thabo Mbeki.

    The Zuma case has taken years being investigated and furthermore the argument has failed to move the prosecutors. In the case, it is alleged the ANC leader had a hand in an arms scandal and also for his relationship with a financial adviser who was convicted of fraud and other wrongdoing.

    Zuma and Mbeki have been at loggerheads starting when the ANC leader took over the mantle of presidency for the ruling party. According to a Reuters report, the ANC leaders’ supporters say that the judge’s indication of political meddling in the corruption case justifies ending the chase of Zuma, who is determined to become the country’s president next year.

    The country now has a new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, who was appointed in Parliament last Thursday replacing Mbeki. Motlanthe has already assured South Africans that he would create jobs and continue with Mbeki’s policies in order to attract more investors.

    The country will be the first nation in the African continent to host the World Cup in 2010.

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