SA ex-leader Zuma resorts to old tactics to delay graft prosecution
Former South African president Jacob Zuma sits in the dock of the High Court of Pietermaritzburg for his hearing over 16 corruption charges on July 27, 2018. PHOTO | AFP
Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, is 80. But he seems to remember how to use old tactics to survive.
On Thursday, he went on trial to face 783 counts of corruption, fraud, money laundering and related charges stemming from alleged kickbacks in a 1990s arms deal.
