A corruption trial will begin against former South African President Jacob Zuma

(AFP) Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) October 12, 2019, Saturday

South Africa scandal begins trial against former President Jacob Zuma for corruption The court dismissed Zuma's plea for a permanent stay against the complaint against her.

Former President Zuma, who is accused of taking bribes from Thales, a French defense company in the 1990s, said in a petition in March that he had a permanent dismissal, saying his case was politically motivated. And in the years that followed, the case will not go reasonably well.

The High Court, rejecting Zuma's application and recovering the charges, is expected to start a case against him from next Tuesday. The court also agreed with the complainant that the arguments made by Zuma to dismiss the case against him were similar to terrorism. And from that comes the smell of corruption.

Zuma, 77, has been accused of cheating, scamming and money laundering in a multimillion-dollar arms deal before he became president in 2009. The charges, which were first laid in 2005, were re-applied in 2016 after he was dropped as the country's president in 2009.

Zuma was the provincial finance minister. He is alleged to have taken bribe. In addition, he was accused of bribery when he was vice-president of the ruling African National Congress in 1990. Zuma was forced to step down last year following a separate corruption scandal surrounding a Gupta business family.