Zuma carries on court fight

DURBAN – Jacob Zuma has lodged an application for leave to appeal against Durban High Court’s decision to ask for documents from Mauritius that may relate to arms-deal corruption.

African National Congress deputy president Zuma lodged the application on Monday. The documents the State seeks from Mauritius include the 2000 diary of Alain Thetard, the former chief executive of Thales International’s South African subsidiary, Thint (Pty) Ltd, which reportedly details a meeting in March 2000 between him, Zuma and convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik.The national prosecuting authority (NPA) alleges that an agreement on a R500 000-a-year bribe for Zuma was reached at this meeting.If Judge Phillip Levensohn rejects the appeal, then Zuma can petition the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.At the time that Levensohn ruled in favour of the NPA, Ajay Sooklal, Thint’s attorney, also said the company would lodge an appeal.Nampa-SapaThe documents the State seeks from Mauritius include the 2000 diary of Alain Thetard, the former chief executive of Thales International’s South African subsidiary, Thint (Pty) Ltd, which reportedly details a meeting in March 2000 between him, Zuma and convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik.The national prosecuting authority (NPA) alleges that an agreement on a R500 000-a-year bribe for Zuma was reached at this meeting.If Judge Phillip Levensohn rejects the appeal, then Zuma can petition the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.At the time that Levensohn ruled in favour of the NPA, Ajay Sooklal, Thint’s attorney, also said the company would lodge an appeal.Nampa-Sapa