'This is victimisaton, this is persecution' - Zuma's lawyer on arrest warrant
4 February 2020
The issuing of warrant of arrest against former president Jacob Zuma in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg was unfair, his lawyer said after proceedings on Tuesday.
"He is being persecuted and victimised. It is not about the administration of justice or securing him to come to court. This is victimisation, this is persecution," Zuma's lawyer Daniel Mantsha said.
He was speaking to journalists outside the court shortly after the warrant of arrest was issued for non-attendance. Zuma's legal team has submitted that the former president is ill.
The warrant was stayed until May 6 when Zuma is expected to appear again.