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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 02:00
Categories: 
Corruption [2]
Issue Number: 
230 [3]
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Ex-deputy president Jacob Zuma sang and danced with supporters on Saturday, November 12 after hearing that his corruption trial would start in the high court on July 31 next year. Zuma was cheered by the large crowd outside the magistrate's court as he sang the struggle song Mshini. According to people in the crowd, the song means "bring my machine" but implies "bring my machinegun". Speaking in Zulu, Zuma explained the judicial process to the crowd and asked for them to be disciplined and no...read more [4]

Ex-deputy president Jacob Zuma sang and danced with supporters on Saturday, November 12 after hearing that his corruption trial would start in the high court on July 31 next year. Zuma was cheered by the large crowd outside the magistrate's court as he sang the struggle song Mshini. According to people in the crowd, the song means "bring my machine" but implies "bring my machinegun". Speaking in Zulu, Zuma explained the judicial process to the crowd and asked for them to be disciplined and not repeat any incidents such as the one at his previous court hearing when people burnt T-shirts showing the face of President Thabo Mbeki. Earlier a court official formally served Zuma with an indictment outlining the two corruption charges against him.

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Governance [5]
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South Africa [7]

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