Zuma Is A ‘Law Abiding Citizen Who Respects The Courts’ – ANC

Riyaz Patel

The ANC says Jacob Zuma as a “law-abiding citizen who has consistently respected the courts,” adding that the court should be allowed to deal with the former president’s graft case.

This follows Tuesday’s High Court decision in Pietermaritzburg which issued a warrant of arrest after Zuma failed to appear for his fraud and corruption trial.

The arrest warrant, though, will only become active should the former president fail to appear at his next hearing set down for 6 May. This means Zuma will be arrested should he not appear on the that date.

Zuma was expected to be in court Tuesday where his corruption trial relating to the multi billion rand arms deal resumed. However, his legal team told the court he was too ill to appear.

Judge Dhaya Pillay questioned the medical note explaining