SA court rejects Jacob Zuma’s bid to remove graft prosecutor
Zuma had asked to have state prosecutor Billy Downer dropped from the case, arguing that he was neither independent nor impartial.
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Zuma had asked to have state prosecutor Billy Downer dropped from the case, arguing that he was neither independent nor impartial.
The dragging corruption trial of South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case.
Veteran State advocate Billy Downer said on Friday that the State was ready to proceed with the fraud and corruption case against former president Jacob Zuma, but that the defence needed to “get its house in order”.