Deciphering the Zuma legal playbook with Adv. Paul Hoffman

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Former President Zuma continues to employ his infamous Stalingrad legal strategy, using every available avenue to stall the start of his arms deal corruption trial. Whether it’s seeking to privately prosecute state prosecutor Adv. Billy Downer or News24’s legal writer Karyn Maughan, it is clear Zuma will stop at nothing to thwart facing a litany of bribery, fraud, money-laundering and corruption charges. BizNews correspondent Michael Appel sat down with Accountability Now’s Adv. Paul Hoffman to peer – ever so cautiously – into the crystal ball, only to find the likelihood of even more appeals from Zuma brewing on the horizon. This while he’s currently appealing to the highest court in the land, the Constitutional Court, for a lifeline in his attempts to have Downer removed as the prosecutor on his impending case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Oct 2022 2AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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