Doctors file report on Zuma's fitness for trial
The NPA has confirmed that Jacob Zuma’s military doctors have filed a report on his fitness to stand trial for corruption, notes a News24 report.
‘I can confirm that Mr Zuma's legal team has filed a medical report that relates to his state of health,’ NPA spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said.
‘It is a confidential document and we will make no further comments until the matter is heard in court.’
The report was handed in a week after the deadline given by the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg).
Zuma's counsel, Dali Mpofu SC, stated at a previous virtual hearing of Zuma's case that it would only be after the former President's doctors had compiled their report on his health that his lawyers would make a decision on whether to seek a longer postponement of his trial.
If such a postponement is sought, Zuma's doctors – as well as the doctors appointed by the state to examine the former President – will be expected to testify and be cross-examined.
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