It has been revealed that not even one month after sacking his previous lawyer, Michael Hulley, former President Jacob Zuma’s new legal team is twice the size of his previous one, and costs almost R300 000 per day in legal fees.
This cost is expected to be in the millions by the time Zuma’s corruption trial resumes in November.
Due to a long-standing agreement that the state will pay for Jacob Zuma’s legal fees, the ANC government will be picking the pockets of South Africans to fund Zuma’s legal defence team.
This shows that the ANC is not committed to rooting out corruption. Instead, they want South Africans to pay to keep Jacob Zuma out of prison.
The longer the ANC stays in power, the more our country will suffer from the rot of corruption.
In March, the DA filed papers with the North Gauteng High Court asking that the agreement between the Presidency and Jacob Zuma, to cover the legal costs incurred by him for his criminal prosecution be reviewed, declared invalid and set aside.
We have also requested that the court order that the R15.3 million already spent on past criminal and civil proceedings, be refunded.
The public should not pay one further cent towards Zuma’s legal fees.
We believe that the agreement that the ANC government reached with Zuma to cover his costs is illegal.
It has no basis in law and should be scrapped immediately.
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