Jacob Zuma's private prosecution case against Cyril Ramaphosa struck off court roll

Jacob Zuma's private prosecution case against President Cyril Ramaphosa, has been struck off the court roll.

Zuma's defence, Advocate K Pamla-Sihunu, appeared in the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday, where the decision was made.

Pamla-Sihunu told Judge Moleboheng Mdalana-Mayisela that both parties agreed to the decision. 

This comes after the Constitutional Court refused Zuma's application for leave to appeal.

Zuma's case against Ramaphosa comes after the former president and current Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party accused Ramaphosa of being an accessory after the fact after his health records were allegedly leaked.

In 2022, Zuma launched his private prosecution bid against Ramaphosa alleging that the sitting president was party to the leak.

This week Zuma lost his application bid with the Constitutional Court ruling that he failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for his delay in filing an application.

The court further stated that it had considered Zuma's application for condonation and the application for leave to appeal and has concluded that there is no adequate explanation for the applicant's delay in bringing the application for leave to appeal and there are no reasonable prospects of success on the merits of the application for leave to appeal.

"Condonation must be refused and, as a consequence, the application for leave to appeal fails," the court stated.

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