NPA will not bring additional charges against Thales, Jacob Zuma’s co-accused
Prosecutor Billy Downer has conceded that the proposed additional charge does not actually exist
The National Prosecuting Authority will not bring additional charges against former president Jacob Zuma’s co-accused‚ Thales South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal director of public prosecutions advocate Moipone Noko on Tuesday confirmed that the state would not amend the indictment against the French arms company. "The state has complied with the court order. We have advised the defence that we will not be amending the indictment‚" she told TimesLIVE. The Pietermaritzburg High Court had given the state 14 days to provide clarity to Thales’s legal team after defence advocate Anton Katz SC pointed out that the proposed additional charge did not exist in South African law. At Zuma’s court appearance in Pietermaritzburg last month‚ Katz referred to the charge mentioned in a letter from axed NPA boss Shaun Abrahams to Thales’s legal team. "I have requested the prosecuting team to provide me with their views on the prospects of proffering charges against your client in terms of section 5(b) of th...
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