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A bid by the National Prosecuting Authority to halt the distribution of the Sunday Times newspaper, which has a lead story delving on the dropped corruption charges against Zuma, failed in the High Court in Pretoria on Saturday evening.
Acting Judge Nomsa Khumalo said since the paper was already in circulation on Saturday night, interdicting the distribution process would serve no purpose.
The newspaper's story is based on a series -- infact 300 pages -- of leaked internal communication within the NPA, including emails and memos. The communiques reveal that top prosecutors believed they had a firm case against Zuma.
The decision in 2009 to drop the charges against Zuma -- taken by then acting National Director of Public Prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe -- was made a month before he was elected president.
