CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A South African court on Tuesday again postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against jailed former president Jacob Zuma to September 9 following his hospitalisation last week for an undisclosed medical condition. High Court Judge Piet Koen granted the postponement but ordered Zuma’s team to produce a medical report by Aug. 20. Zuma’s lawyer Dali Mpofu said his client’s medical condition was a matter of confidentiality. Zuma, 79, last month asked the Constitutional Court to annul his jail sentence, partly on the grounds that he was suffering from an unspecified medical condition. In the dock with French arms firm Thales, Zuma is facing 18 charges including corruption and money laundering and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Source: MetroXpress August 10, 2021 09:20 UTC