The alleged crimes relate to an arms procurement deal in the 1990s before he became president.

The French arms company Thales has also filed papers  seeking to have dropped the  charges its is  facing for allegedly paying bribes to Zuma.

The National Prosecution authority’s confirmed that applications have been received from former President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales.

Zuma’s due to appear in the High Court in east coast city of Durban on November 30 for a hearing in this case.

He has maintained his innocence throughout.

The alleged offenses occurred while he was provincial economy minister in KwaZulu/Natal and later Deputy President

Thales submits that the decision in 2009 to drop the charges was neither set aside nor challenged by the State.

By reintroducing the charges now, the prosecution is not following its own protocols and the unreasonable delay in dealing with the matter makes a fair trial impossible.

A separate judicial inquiry into alleged state corruption while Zuma was president is currently hearing evidence in `Johannesburg

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The Deputy Minister was released on bail of 317 euros after appearing in a the Randburg Magistrates Court near Johannesburg yesterday (Thursday) where he was charged with two counts of assault with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

A third woman claim she was assaulted by him a month ago in Ermelo, 210 kilometers east of Johannesburg

Deputy Minister of Higher Education Mdaduzi Manana was filmed assaulting Mandisa Duma at a Johannesburg nightclub last weekend after a political argument.

Manana has apologized unreservedly for what he calls a shameful incident.

He allegedly also assaulted Duma’s cousin, who called him gay.

The leader of South Africa’s upper house, the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise says she disgusted in Manana.

Freda Oosthuysen, of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which is one of the parties in South Africa’s ruling triple alliance, says Manana is a disgrace.

The deputy minister handed himself  in to police hours before his court appearance.

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority says Manana will receive no special treatment.

Nevertheless Police Minister Fikile Mbalula is lambasted on social media for not having Manana arrested earlier and held in custody before his appearance.

The pressure group Women Against Abuse is calling for harsher penalties for those guilty of crimes against women

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