Zuma, in power from 2009 to 2018, faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering relating to the purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and military equipment. JacobZuma Zuma SouthAfrica
Former South African President Jacob Zuma appears at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on June 23, 2020. – Former President Zuma stands accused of taking kickbacks before he became president from a 51 billion rand purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and military equipment manufactured by five European firms, including French defence company Thales. /
He allegedly took bribes of four million rand over a $3.4-billion arms deal with French aerospace and defence giant Thales in 1999, when he was deputy president. Pillay also cancelled the arrest warrant the ex-president was slapped with in February after he failed to appear for a pre-trial hearing while undergoing medical treatment in Cuba.
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