Update: The North Gauteng High Court has found the NPA’s decision to drop 783 charges against President J Zuma as irrational, adding that President Zuma should face his charges. Unfortunately, the decision is likely to be appealed.
Today, the North Gauteng High Court will rule on the DA’s application for review of “the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision seven years ago to drop 783 criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma.”
It was a decision that paved the way for Zuma to be elected President weeks later and today it could be reversed. James Selfe, the chairman of the DA’s federal executive, said:
We contend that the decision taken by the then acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Mokotedi Mpshe, was irrational, unreasonable and made with an ulterior political motive. This could have the effect of reinstating the charges against President Zuma.
Whoever loses this round is bound to appeal to the SCA and doubtless, in due course, to the Constitutional Court. It has taken seven years to get to this point in the litigation, and the finalisation of any appeals process will no doubt take a few years more thereafter.
Watch to see the event unfold.
[source: enca]
