THE legal team of former president and uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader, Jacob Zuma, has successfully applied for the provisions of reasons why the judge in his Arms Deal case denied his earlier request to have Advocate Billy Downer recuse himself.
Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Nkosinathi Chili ruled on Thursday for the trial to be postponed to September in order for the court to give reasons for the decision to deny a request to have Downer removed as a participant in the arms deal case against Zuma.
This follows Zuma’s application back in March for the removal of Downer over an alleged bias and claim by the former president that his rights would be infringed by Downer’s continued presence.
Judge Chili, in dismissing the application, previously held that he would provide reasons for his decision, only after the expected start of court proceedings in March next year.
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