The Constitutional Court has dismissed French arms company Thales’ last bid to halt prosecution against former president Jacob Zuma. Zuma withdrew his leave to appeal with the Constitutional Court.
Thales was attempting to halt state prosecution against Zuma from going ahead for allegedly unlawfully accepting millions of rand from the controversial arms deal.
The Constitutional Court found that the appeal should be dismissed with costs because “it lacks reasonable prospects of success”.
In other news – Here is the Reason why Bobo Andile Mchunu was assaulted to death – #RIPBobo
Bobo Mchunu was brutally murdered after being accused of stealing beer at his uncle’s tavern. The 16-year-old Andile Mchunu went missing for a week and a video of him being beaten surfaced on social media leading to the trend #JusticeForBobo being started. Justice For Bobo has now reached the attention of authorities who are looking into the matter.
In the video, a man is seen walking in the corridor stained with blood. He heads to another room where there is a boy lying on the floor. The man asks Bobo to wake up and clean the room. The visibly weak Bobo fails to wake up the man steps on him forcing him down. Read more
Source: eNCA
