South African court backs state appeal in Zuma case

Updated Friday, November 9, 2007 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

South African court backs state appeal in Zuma case

JOHANNESBURG -- A South African court breathed life into a stalled corruption case on Thursday against former Deputy President Jacob Zuma, possibly hurting his push to take over as leader of the ruling ANC party and the country.

The Supreme Court of Appeal sided with prosecutors and ruled that documents seized from Zuma and his lawyer in police raids could be used in future corruption proceedings against him.

The court in Bloemfontein overturned a lower court decision that the documents were inadmissible. It also rejected Zuma’s appeal against another lower court ruling allowing the state to obtain documents in Mauritius allegedly connected to the case.

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