Zuma must 'stop wasting' taxpayers' money

27 June 2016 - 09:23 By MATTHEW SAVIDES

President Jacob Zuma should "stop wasting taxpayers' money" and stand in the dock to face more than 780 corruption charges, says DA leader Mmusi Maimane. In April this year the High Court in Pretoria overturned the decision in 2009 of former acting national director of Public Prosecutions head Mokotedi Mpshe to discontinue prosecuting Zuma on the corruption charges.The National Prosecuting Authority challenged this ruling - but on Friday the appeal was denied, meaning that, barring the NPA taking the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal, Zuma is likely to face the charges.The DA led the case to have the 2009 decision reversed.At a press conference in Durban on the outcomes of the DA's Federal Council yesterday, Maimane said the nearly seven-year saga needed to come to finality."We believe Jacob Zuma must have his day in court," said Maimane. "If Shaun Abrahams is true to his oath of office, he will continue the charges against Zuma. As the judgment reiterated on Friday those charges will still stand and Jacob Zuma is accused number one."Maimane implored the NPA and Zuma not to appeal the ruling."He [Zuma] must stop wasting taxpayers' money by going to the Supreme Court of Appeal to delay this matter. We've wasted a lot of money. His lawyer Michael Hulley has made a lot of money out of this," he said.Maimane also took aim at Zuma' s silence over violent protests in Tshwane last week."It's shameful that the president has not said a thing about the violence in Tshwane, the burning of public property and the instability that has marred the city," he said...

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