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Zuma’s Arms Deal Case Faces 15th Delay Amid Defence Push to Remove Prosecutor

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  •  Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial delayed again as defence seeks to remove prosecutor Billy Downer
  • Taxpayers have paid R300 million ($16.9 million) for a case that has dragged on since 2005

Johannesburg, South Africa – Former South African President Jacob Zuma appeared in the High Court last week for a pre-trial hearing in his nearly two-decade-long fraud and corruption case linked to the controversial Arms Deal.

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