PROSECUTORS and lawyers for South Africa’s jailed former president Jacob Zuma, who has been in hospital since Friday, have jointly asked a judge to postpone his scheduled appearance this week in a corruption trial, his foundation said on Monday.
“The NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) on behalf of all the parties sent a joint letter to Hon Judge Koen reflecting the parties’ agreement to postpone the hearing,” the Foundation said on Twitter.
The request had been made because the former president was in hospital, it added.
The 79-year-old is serving a 15-month sentence at Estcourt prison in KwaZulu-Natal province but was moved to a hospital on Friday for medical observation.
NPA spokesman Mthuzi Mahaga declined to comment on whether a postponement request had been made. Zuma’s lawyers did not respond to an email seeking comment.
“The matter involving former President Jacob Zuma and the Thales Group will resume in the Pietermaritzburg
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