President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday withdrew his application to interdict the release of the public protector report into state capture.
The full bench of the High Court in Pretoria had been set to hear arguments for and against the issuing of the findings.
“My instructions are to withdraw the application‚” Zuma’s advocate Anthea Platt told the court.
She added that she had received no instructions about costs.
The court on Tuesday afternoon had granted the Democratic Alliance‚ Economic Freedom Fighters‚ the Congress of the People and the United Democratic Movement leave to intervene in the Zuma application.
BREAKING: Zuma withdraws interdict against state capture report
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday withdrew his application to interdict the release of the public protector report into state capture.
The full bench of the High Court in Pretoria had been set to hear arguments for and against the issuing of the findings.
“My instructions are to withdraw the application‚” Zuma’s advocate Anthea Platt told the court.
She added that she had received no instructions about costs.
The court on Tuesday afternoon had granted the Democratic Alliance‚ Economic Freedom Fighters‚ the Congress of the People and the United Democratic Movement leave to intervene in the Zuma application.
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