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Spotlight | South Africa
Zuma-Thales trial to restart amid more Teflon tactics

Former South African President Jacob Zuma. © Yeshiel Panchia/EFE/EPA

Jacob Zuma and the French defence firm are due back in the dock on 11 April for the resumption of their corruption trial. The former president may have been a dab hand at throwing spanners into the legal works, but he has also faced some setbacks. [...]

Published on 08.04.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Spotlight | South Africa
Zuma-Thales trial to restart amid more Teflon tactics

South Africa
Zuma gives up private prosecution against Lamola to focus on Ramaphosa

Spotlight | South Africa
FarmGate: Ramaphosa plays for time in ethics testimony over Phala Phala heist scandal

South Africa
Why no Zondo report suspects are yet facing criminal charges

South Africa
Zondo commission reveals Zuma bid to gift Johannesburg-Khartoum flight connection to Bashir

Inner circles | South Africa
All-powerful Constitutional Court defends its independence as political attacks intensify

South Africa
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South Africa
Who's who among the Zuma allies vying to unseat Ramaphosa at ANC national conference

Inner circles | South Africa
Ramaphosa bets heavily on revival of ANC Youth League to win re-election in 2022

Inner circles | South Africa
The behind-the-scenes power players at the redoubtable Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

Inner circles | South Africa
Xolisile Khanyile aims to strengthen financial scrutiny despite contradictory ANC messages

Spotlight | South Africa
Jacob Zuma hanging on a thread