[Analysis] Zuma’s Leave for Appeal

By: Lindelani Mbatha

Legal Expert Mpumelelo Zikalala says former president Jacob Zuma might be successful in his application for leave to appeal Judge Piet Koen’s judgment.

Koen dismissed the former president’s plea in which he asked for the recusal of NPA’s Advocate Billy Downer in October last year and set down the trial date for the 11th of April.

Zuma believe the Supreme Court of appeal might come to a different conclusion on the matter.

In the special plea application, Zuma’s counsel cast doubt on Advocate Downer’s impartiality.

The counsel argued that if Downer was to prosecute during Zuma’s fraud and corruption trial, the former President would not get a fair trial.

Zikalala says the court might see a need for this matter to be discussed before the main trial.

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