By: Natasha Archary

Former President Jacob Zuma’s fraud and corruption trial has once again been postponed, this time until 15-16 August.
This after Zuma brought forward a new application to have State Advocate, Billy Downer removed from his French arms deal case.
Zuma has been seeking private prosecution against Downer for allegedly leaking the former President’s medical records.
On Monday, 17 April, Pietermaritzburg High Court judge, Piet Koen who was the presiding magistrate on the case, recused himself from the case.
The matter will now be put before Judge Nkosinathi Chili.
Zuma’s multi-billion fraud and corruption case has been dragging on for more than 3-years, since pleading not-guilty to the charges against him in 2021.
In 2021, Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15-months in jail for contempt of court in his corruption case.
The case has been riddled with delays which included postponements due to Zuma’s ill-health and medical parole.
Zuma is implicated on charges of corruption, racketeering, and money laundering stemming from the 1999 Arms deal.
The French arms deal debacle came about when the former President was accused of receiving a bribe of R500K a year from French arms dealer Thales.
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