South African court issues arrest warrant for former president Jacob Zuma after skipping court claiming he is receiving medical treatment abroad
Barry Roux, new senior council to South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma appears at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on behalf of former President Zuma with regard to corruption charges in, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on February 4, 2020.
"The court accepts that Mr Zuma may be unwell," said judge Dhaya Pillay. "But this court needs reliable evidence that Mr Zuma is indeed ill."Zuma's lawyer Dan Mantsha told reporters outside the courtroom that "our courts have no sympathy, no compassion". Zuma was due in court on Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing in a case that has seen numerous legal turns over a decade and a half.
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