The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) set aside the charges against Zuma in April 2009, allowing him to run for president the same month. High court judge Aubrey Ledwaba said he would rule on the matter at a later date. "The court went too far in saying that Mr. Zuma should face the charges in the indictment," NPA lawyer Hilton Epstein told the court on Friday. But the High Court last April ordered a review of that decision, terming it "irrational", a ruling that opened the possibility of the charges being reinstated. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and state prosecutors on Friday sought the right to appeal against a High Court ruling to review a decision to drop 783 corruption charges against the head of state.

Source: The Star June 10, 2016 12:00 UTC