Zille engages NPA on Zuma charges

27 March 2009 - 02:00
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Dropping criminal charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma will not amount to an acquittal, but will leave a cloud of suspicion over him, DA leader Helen Zille said.

Dropping criminal charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma will not amount to an acquittal, but will leave a cloud of suspicion over him, DA leader Helen Zille said.

She said yesterday the National Prosecuting Authority would be failing in its duty should it drop charges against Zuma.

Zille was speaking at the NPA's headquarters in Pretoria, where she had gone to present her personalreasons as to why the NPA should continue to prosecute Zuma. - Sapa