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The Democratic Alliance has welcomed Thursday's ruling in the Supreme Court of Appeal where Judge Mohamad Navsa made an agreement to release the so-called spy tapes to a retired judge to review and release the records of the NPA’s decision to drop over 700 counts of corruption against president Jacob Zuma.
On August 15, a full bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal gave Zuma and the DA a chance to resolve their differences with regard to documents in the National Prosecuting Authority's possession involving the tapes.
At the time, the two sides agreed in principle to a third party, retired Judge Noel Hurt, to be asked to judge what information formed part of the confidential representations of Zuma to the NPA.
Jamie Turkington, chief of staff to DA leader Helen Zille, said the ruling was an historic moment.
"Today is a historic day as the SCA has ruled that the spy tapes must be handed over to the DA within 5 days. This is an extremely important milestone, because it means we are one step closer to a review, potentially, to a decision to drop 700 counts of corruption against President Jacob Zuma" he said
