Jacob Zuma corruption trial in South Africa adjourned shortly after opening
by Jason Burke in Johannesburg from World news | The Guardian on (#5HX99)
Former president, 79, faces charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering
A long-delayed corruption trial of Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, has opened in South Africa, but was adjourned almost immediately by nine days.
Zuma, who held office from 2009 to 2018, faces charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering relating to a $2.5bn (1.98bn) deal to buy European military hardware to upgrade South Africa's armed forces in 1994.
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