By Johannah Malogadihlare
THE South Gauteng High Court has postponed the private prosecution case between Former President Jacob Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa to February next year.
Zuma appeared in court on Tuesday after the case was initially postponed in April, wherein he is attempting to prosecute Ramaphosa accusing him of leaking his health records in his corruption trial before the KwaZulu-Natal Court in Pietermaritzburg.
Advocate Dali Mpofu, Zuma’s legal representative requested a postponement in terms of section 168 of the Criminal Procedure Act, in order to allow for further discussion and expansion of the case.
“After discussions in chambers, the proposal is once again that we ask for a long postponement. From April up until now, it has been deliberately long to allow this process to unfold. We would, therefore, ask for the order of postponement,” Mpofu said.
Mpofu said because the Supreme Court of Appeal in May dismissed
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