They will also argue that some of the more than R4-million Zuma received from Shaik was in the form of loans, which he had repaid.
A number of high-profile witnesses are listed to testify on behalf of the state, including Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, former judge Willem Heath and businessman Vivian Reddy.
Shaik claimed that he had been subpoenaed by the state to testify, but he is unlikely to be called because the evidence he gave in his own trial was rejected by Judge Hilary Squires as “simply incredible” and false.
While the exact date of Zuma’s trial is unclear, his brother said the decision to reinstate the charges was a declaration of war.
“They have declared war. We as the Nxamalala clan are going to fight to the bitter end. We are back to the old days of war,” said Khanya Zuma.
Zuma’s eldest son, Edward Zuma, said he would be issuing a statement on the latest developments around his father.
- additional reporting by Bongani Mthethwa
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