Former president Jacob Zuma chats to his legal team ahead of the pre-trial hearing in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on August 29, 2024.The legal team of former president Jacob Zuma is arguing in the Pietermaritzburg High Court that he has a right that Judge Nkosinathi Chili provide his reasons at this stage, why Chili dismissedZuma requested in the special plea, that the lead prosecutor in his corruption case, Advocate Billy Downer, should recuse himself due to an alleged lack of impartiality.
Chili dismissed the special plea in March, however, stating that he would provide his reasons for this at the end of the criminal trial.Advocate Dali Mpofu says, “The right to appeal, which obviously includes the right to leave to appeal goes symbiotically together with the right top reasons. You can’t … An appeal against what? Right? … Right now, you are stifled. You can’t do anything because you want to venerate … Absolutely, My Lord.
Lead prosecutor, Downer as argued that Chili had already furnished reasons when he handed down his ruling in March . Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.