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The corruption trial of South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma has been delayed again after his lawyer announced Tuesday he would appeal.The last-minute move pushes back a long-awaited trial over bribery allegations dating back to a 1990s arms deal. Zuma dismissed the charges as a conspiracy.If it goes ahead, the trial would be the first time Zuma faces a court on graft charges, despite a string of accusations over his long political career.
Zuma in dates
The US Treasury has sanctioned close associates of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, pictured here, who is at the center of a massive corruption scandal
The son of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma on Monday denied allegations by the former deputy finance minister that he was offered a $40-million bribe.Duduzane Zuma, 35, was testifying before a judicial inquiry probing allegations that his father organised a systematic plunder of government coffers in a scandal known as "state capture".He has been named by various witnesses that have appeared before the inquiry, including former ministers, as having been a conduit for the Guptas, a wealthy migrant business family that allegedly had a corrupt relationship with his father.
As literacy rate in South Africa remains at an all-time low and millions are without healthcare or proper sanitation, the people will be looking to Cyril Ramaphosa to bring drastic reformation across the nation.
His family said, Masekela died peacefully in Johannesburg, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with prostate cancer.