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That trial is set to resume on 23 June.
Thales stands accused of offering Zuma a R500 000-a-year bribe – in exchange for the then deputy president’s “political protection” from any potential investigation of the R60 billion arms deal.
While Zuma recently abandoned his Constitutional Court bid to prevent the case from proceeding, Thales persisted in a separate challenge.
The company sought direct access to the Constitutional Court, after the Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed its application for a permanent stay of its corruption prosecution.
It also argued that former National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams acted unconstitutionally when he reinstated the corruption case against it.
