FORMER President Jacob Zuma has announced that he will open a criminal case against National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) advocate Billy Downer SC, just a week before he returns to court for his arms deal fraud and corruption trial next week.
Zuma, who is currently out on medical parole for his contempt of court sentence, has also accused the top NPA prosecutor of allegedly leaking his confidential medical records to some media houses.
The records were given to the NPA last month when Zuma and his legal team argued that he was too sick to be physically present in court.
Earlier, he had a medical note from the military health services and minutes after it was sent to Downer, Zuma alleged that it was leaked to a journalist who later asked his legal team questions and they were based on the note.
Zuma says that the leaking of the medical records
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