Ex-South African president to appeal order to proceed with graft trial

Just hours after a South African judge said the long-running graft trial of Jacob Zuma, must proceed, the former president instructed his legal team to appeal the ruling.

On Thursday, a KwaZulu-Natal High Court ordered that the so-called arms deal corruption case against Zuma and French defence giant, Thales, would go ahead on 1 February 2027.

Judge Nkosinathi Chili accused Zuma and Thales of using “Stalingrad defence”, a legal term…