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South Africa’s Zuma in court for decades-old graft case
PIETERMARITZBURG: South Africa’s scandal-tainted ex-president Jacob Zuma arrived in court Monday for the expected start of a trial in a 20-year-old bribery case.Zuma is facing 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering relating to a 1999 purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and military gear from five European arms firms for 30 billion rand (RM 8.7 billion) — equal to almost $5.0 billion (RM 20.6 billion) at the time.The 79-year-old Zuma, who was at the time serving as deputy president to Thabo Mbeki, is accused of accepting bribes amounting to four million rand from one of the firms, French defence giant Thales.Over the years, the case has been postponed numerous times as Zuma lodged a s

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