Zuma might not be able to afford to pay for appeal
24 January 2018
Johannesburg - With President Jacob Zuma’s job on the line, opposition parties the UDM and Cope are worried that he will not have the money to pay for his state capture court appeal.
The parties have filed a security for costs application, demanding that Zuma pay R1m upfront before the appeal can be heard.
"The applicant (Zuma) is also facing a real prospect of impeachment and/or removal from office and/or criminal prosecution within the next few weeks or months - each of which may have prospects of severely and adversely affecting his ability to pay his costs liabilities in the likely event of the application for leave to appeal and/or appeal itself being unsuccessful," the UDM and Cope state in their papers.
On December 13, a full Bench of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria unanimously found that Zuma's application to have former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's recommendations on alleged state capture reviewed, was ill-advised and reckless.