Judge Aubrey Ledwaba has spoken: In his scathing judgement, he lists his reasons why Jacob Zuma must return the total cost of his legal fees.
A landmark judgement in Pretoria has condemned Jacob Zuma to accountability. The former president has been told to pay back the legal fees he put on the taxpayers’ bill, from court cases spanning across the last 13 years.
It’s estimated that Zuma will have to repay R16 million of state money he used to hire top-class defence lawyers, employed to protect him from state capture judgements and corruption probes. However, that fee could be nearer the R50 million mark, following the in-and-out court dates he’s racked up in 2018.
But what swayed the judges to switch off the public funds tap for Msholozi? We’re having a glance at what was said in the court papers, and why the law – which Zuma was once able to navigate so expertly – has looked so unfavourably upon him.
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