BREAKING: Zuma withdraws interdict against state capture report

02 November 2016 - 12:25 By TMG Digital
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Lawyers for President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday withdrew his application to interdict the release of the public protector report into state capture.

The full bench of the High Court in Pretoria had been set to hear arguments for and against the issuing of the findings.

“My instructions are to withdraw the application‚” Zuma’s advocate Anthea Platt told the court.

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She added that she had no instructions about costs.

The court on Tuesday afternoon had granted the Democratic Alliance (DA)‚ Economic Freedom Fighters‚ the Congress of the People and the United Democratic Movement leave to intervene in the Zuma application.

A lawyer for the DA asked the court to order that‚ should costs be awarded‚ Zuma should pay them from “his own resources”.

He said the application constitutes “an abuse” of “state resources” as he was using them to “assert his personal rights”.

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  • Zuma must pay court costs personally - Malema"We are moving our application to compel the Public Protector to release the report with immediate effect and Zuma to pay the cost personally‚" Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Wednesday. 

 – TMG Digital

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