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Court dismisses former President Jacob Zuma’s application to have multibillion arms deal criminal charges dropped.

Tuesday, 3rd June, 2025

MBABANE:KwaZulu Natal High Court Judge has dismissed the summary acquittal applications of former President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales in which they cited “unreasonable” delays in their corruption trial, News24 reported on Tuesday.

This comes after the State argued that the delays were caused by Zuma and the French arms company.


Court dismisses former President Jacob Zuma’s application to have multibillion arms deal criminal charges dropped.
Court dismisses former President Jacob Zuma’s application to have multibillion arms deal criminal charges dismissed(Darren Stewart/Gallo Images).