Zuma corruption trial back in court: 'Everything is up in the air'
The corruption case against former President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales is back in Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday morning.
It was previously postponed because Zuma was in hospital and couldn't attend proceedings.
Zuma, who was serving time for contempt of court, had earlier been granted medical parole by the National Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser.
Fraser overrode the medical parole board's decision to grant the 79-year-old parole.
That's now being challenged by the DA, AfriForum and the Helen Suzman Foundation.
On Tuesday morning, the court could hear whether the former president is seeking another postponement or his special plea to have state prosecutor Billy Downer recuse himself.
The Jacob Zuma Foundation's Mzwanele Manyi says this case has many moving parts.
"I really don't know. There are too many moving parts. There could be a discussion on the medical records and all the shenanigans that have been reported.
"There could be discussions on the plea itself. Everything is up in the air. I just don't know what exactly will happen because I don't know if he'll be there or not there.
"Whether he is there or not there will also have a bearing on what actually gets discussed. Anyone who can give you anything definite, I think that person will be misleading you."
On the ex-president's health Manyi says: " President Zuma continues to be unwell, but he continues to breathe and walk and talk. But we have medical records to show that the man is not really well."
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