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Anticipation ahead of Ramaphosa vs Zuma legal showdown President Cyril Ramaphosa and his predecessor, former President Jacob Zuma, will face off in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.

Ramaphosa is also requesting the court to excuse him from appearing before it on the 19th of this month as the summons have ordered.

Zuma has accused Ramaphosa of contravening the National Prosecution Act regarding the disclosure of the former president’s medical records by prosecutor, Advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan.Legal analyst, Ulrich Roux says Ramaphosa’s case has merit. “I think that there’s merit in the current president’s argument, Mr Ramaphosa, that there’s an abuse of the process by Jacob Zuma, and the reason why I say so is that in order to institute a private prosecution, you need to obtain a nolle proseque certificate from the National Prosecuting Authority. What that entails is that the NPA has confirmed that the NPA that they will not be prosecuting a criminal charge that has been laid.

Zuma to oppose President Ramaphosa’s urgent interdict application against the private prosecution bid against him:

 

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The NPA made it crystal clear that the nolle pros certificate that Mr. Zuma is in possession of does not apply to Pres. Ramaphosa. Why are we still going ahead with this if Zuma is not a stubborn and vindictive old man?

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