It’s now time for Jacob Zuma to have his day in court
30 April 2016
It is now time for President Jacob Zuma to stop the foot-dragging – which has cost the public millions of rands – and to accept he must now answer for the 783 charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering in a Court of Law.
I therefore urge the President not to appeal what was a unanimous judgement by a full bench of the North Gauteng High Court.
Taking this fight all the way to the Supreme Court of Appeal, and Constitutional Court if need be, will only continue to delay him having to answer for these charges, and in doing so, waste money that should be spent on delivering better services and creating jobs.
According to the Presidency Budget, and excluding the use of funds from alternative budgets in the process, the Presidency has spent more than R43 million on legal fees since Jacob Zuma came to office.