JACOB ZUMA WILL HAVE TO FACE CORRUPTION CHARGES IN COURT

June 27 2016 President Jacob Zuma of South Africa now faces the real prospect of fraud and corruption charges being brought against him. This after the Pretoria High Court dismissed on Friday, June 24, a bid by Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority(NPA) to appeal an earlier ruling by the court that corruption charges against Zuma should be re-instated. This damning decision followed one of the most troublesome and worrying periods in Zuma’s leadership when some residents of Pretoria and its surrounding townships went on the rampage – burning, looting, and destroying infrastructure. The political violence was instigated by Zuma’s own members of the ruling ANC who disagreed with the selection of a candidate for the post of Mayor in the Pretoria region. Zuma, who has condemned the violence in the Pretoria region, has said that they were studying the court decision and would, thereafter, take appropriate action. Subry Govender filed this report for Deutsche Welle Radio (Voice of Germany) on June 27 2016….