Ex-president skips court date on medical grounds but judge questions validity of sick note A South African court has issued an arrest warrant for the former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to appear in court to answer corruption charges on the grounds of needing medical treatment. Zuma's lawyer, Daniel Mantsha, presented a document from what he said was a military hospital to excuse his client, but the judge questioned whether the note was valid or even written by a doctor. Prosecutors said...
Ex-president skips court date on medical grounds but judge questions validity of sick note A South African court has issued an arrest warrant for the former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to appear in court to answer corruption charges on the grounds of needing medical treatment. Zuma's lawyer, Daniel Mantsha, presented a document from what he said was a military hospital to excuse his client, but the judge questioned whether the note was valid or even written by a doctor. Prosecutors said...
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