Court Postpones Zuma’s renewed bid to privately prosecute Ramaphosa

Johnathan Paoli

THE South Gauteng High court has postponed the case where former President Jacob Zuma has embarked on a private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Zuma was in court on Thursday, following a postponement in December last year, where he accused Ramaphosa of being an accessory after the fact for allegedly failing to act against prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, for disclosing Zuma’s medical details in violation of National Prosecuting Authority Act, he contended.

Zuma sought to keep his private prosecution case on the roll as part of his ongoing legal attempts at holding Ramaphosa accountable.

Ramaphosa successfully applied to the court last year to review and set aside Zuma’s private prosecution bid, with Zuma subsequently seeking to appeal this decision before the full bench of the High Court but lost.

Zuma petitioned the Supreme Court of Appeal, but the court dismissed his appeal; and has since