An application by President Jacob Zuma for leave to appeal in the so-called spy tapes saga will be heard by the High Court in Johannesburg today.
On August 16, the High Court in Pretoria ruled that acting National Prosecuting Authority head Nomgcobo Jiba should lodge a copy of the tapes with the registrar of the court within five working days.
This was in response to an application by the Democratic Alliance, which has been battling to obtain the tapes after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that it had the right of access to them.
The tapes, and transcripts and other documents, relate to a 2009 NPA decision to drop corruption charges against Zuma.
The court gave the NPA until last Friday to produce the tapes, but Zuma's legal team filed notice that he would seek leave to appeal the court ruling.
In court papers, Zuma's lawyers listed several grounds for the appeal.
One was that the court had erred in not finding that the transcripts of the tapes were part of Zuma's representation and therefore did not have to be produced.
Zuma spy tape appeal hearing
On August 16, the High Court in Pretoria ruled that acting National Prosecuting Authority head Nomgcobo Jiba should lodge a copy of the tapes with the registrar of the court within five working days.
This was in response to an application by the Democratic Alliance, which has been battling to obtain the tapes after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that it had the right of access to them.
The tapes, and transcripts and other documents, relate to a 2009 NPA decision to drop corruption charges against Zuma.
The court gave the NPA until last Friday to produce the tapes, but Zuma's legal team filed notice that he would seek leave to appeal the court ruling.
In court papers, Zuma's lawyers listed several grounds for the appeal.
One was that the court had erred in not finding that the transcripts of the tapes were part of Zuma's representation and therefore did not have to be produced.
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