D-Day for Billy Downer and Karyn Maughan in Zuma private prosecution

Zuma’s lawyers argue advocate contravened NPA Act, which carries a penalty of up to 15 years' imprisonment

06 June 2023 - 16:31 By TANIA BROUGHTON

Judgment is expected to be handed down on Wednesday in the legal bids by state advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan (https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-06-06-intellectual-rock-star-eusebius-mckaiser-honoured-at-memorial-service/) to stop the private prosecution instituted against them by former president Jacob Zuma...

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