The Jacob G Zuma Foundation has questioned the state’s decision to appoint a doctor to ascertain whether the former President is fit to stand trial for corruption, notes a report in The Citizen.

Speaking on eNCA, the foundation’s spokesperson, Mzwanele Manyi, said the appointment of a medical professional by the NPA to assess Zuma was unconstitutional.

‘We remained concerned with the situation that is happening now, where the NPA has already appointed their doctor to supervise the other doctors of the SA Military Hospital. In our view we think that this whole thing by the NPA is actually is a violation of the Constitution. Section 41 of the Constitution … requires state organs to co-operate with each other. For the NPA to be second guessing another state organ, in our view, is an unconstitutional conduct,’ he said.

This comes after Zuma’s doctors missed the 20 August deadline to file their report on the 79-year-old’s health status ahead of his corruption trial.

The High Court had directed that a medical report – as well as Zuma’s doctors testifying in court – would be required when the case resumes on 9 September.

Full report in The Citizen