ConCourt strikes Zuma costs order appeal off roll
Former President Jacob Zuma's appeal of a R10 million personal cost order has been struck off the roll by the Constitutional Court.
"The court grants the following order: The matter is struck off the roll which costs. Such costs to include the costs of two counsels who were employed," Acting Deputy Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe said.
The costs order was issued against Zuma by the North Gauteng High court in 2017.
It ruled that he must be held personally liable for all costs of his failed bid to challenge the constitutionality of former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on state capture.
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Counsels for the EFF, DA and the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution asked the ConCourt to strike the matter off the roll.
Kameel Premhid for the EFF told the court they found themselves in a strange situation.
"The applicant for leave to appeal has not complied with this court's directives. A narrow record of appeal has been filed and in consequence thereof, narrow heads have been submitted either by the applicant himself and certainly not the respondents.
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"However, from the affidavits that have been filed by my client together with the affidavits filed by my learned friends' clients the court will be aware that we collectively take the attitude that this application as it stands before the court today is fatally defective."
