Former President Jacob Zuma has been dealt another blow after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed his second bid to overturn the setting aside of his private prosecution against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Zuma served Ramaphosa with a summons in 2022 for a private prosecution on charges of being an accessory after the fact to contraventions of the NPA Act in a matter involving State advocate, Billy Downer.
The former president accused his successor of failing to act on a complaint against Downer, who’s the lead prosecutor in Zuma’s arms deal corruption case.
The case was reviewed and set aside by a full bench of the High Court in Joburg last year.
Zuma’s attempt to appeal the ruling setting aside his private prosecution of Ramaphosa has been dismissed by the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal previously.
When the matter came before the High Court again on Tuesday his advocate, Dali Mpofu, revealed that the SCA also dismissed another reconsideration application from Zuma in May.
Mpofu said their instructions are now to approach the Constitutional Court.
Tuesday’s proceedings have been postponed until 6 February next year.
Ramaphosa was not in court on Tuesday – the court previously granted him an interdict effectively excusing him from appearing in the dock.
Zuma, however, was in court, along with his daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, and the spokesperson for his foundation, Mzwanele Manyi.
-EWN
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