Former President Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal Downer recusal ruling dismissed

The Pietermaritzburg High Court yesterday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal the court’s ruling on the removal of State Prosecutor Billy Downer in the former President’s corruption trial. In October last year, the court dismissed Zuma’s argument that his right to a fair trial is under threat because of Downer’s impartiality in the case. Judge Piet Koen yesterday said he sees no prospects of the case succeeding in the Supreme Court of Appeal, ordering that Zuma’s corruption trial must go ahead in April. Founder and managing director of Ulrich Roux & Associates, Ulrich Roux, joins us now…