South Africa: President Zuma Loses Bid to Dodge 783 Charges. But Will He Have the Last Laugh?

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed President Jacob Zuma's and the National Prosecuting Authority's appeal against an earlier decision by the North Gauteng High Court that a decision to dismiss 783 charges against Zuma in 2009 was irrational. Then, Zuma had claimed that the charges against him were part of a political conspiracy to prevent him from becoming president. But the North Gauteng High Court, in a case brought by the opposition Democratic Alliance, ruled last April that the charge

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