JUDGMENT in the application for postponement in former President Jacob Zuma’s fraud and corruption case has been reserved until Tuesday morning at 10h00.
Earlier Zuma’s lawyers argued that the virtual hearing of his case will heavily compromise his right to a fair trial.
They said it would be difficult to conduct a trial on a virtual platform when Zuma is in prison in Escourt, advocate Dali Mpofu in Johannesburg, and the entire legal team is scattered across the country.
Zuma’s lawyers added that it would be unfair for the matter to be heard on a virtual platform as Zuma has the right to a trial being conducted in his presence.
Mpofu told the court Zuma has already been convicted and sentenced by the Constitutional Court in absentia.
Advocate Wim Trengrove, for the state, labeled the application and the special plea for an acquittal as delay tactics.
“The accused has for
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