Corruption charges against me too tainted to stand: Zuma

The corruption charges against him were "irrevocably tainted" by political abuse and therefore the decision to drop them was a rational one‚ President Jacob Zuma has argued. In legal arguments filed in court on Monday‚ Mr Zuma’s counsel focused on the history of the corruption prosecution‚ including its preceding investigation‚ saying "context" was important in evaluating whether the decision to discontinue the prosecution was a rational one.