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Article: Zuma blasts South Africa judiciary for fraud case
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- August 5, 2008
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Jacob Zuma, the man most likely to be South Africa's next president, lashed out Tuesday at his treatment during a long-running corruption scandal, and his supporters warned that blood would flow in the streets if Zuma was ever convicted.
The threats came after a South African judge announced he would rule Sept. 12 whether to dismiss fraud and corruption charges against the 66 year-old president of the ruling African National Congress party.
Judge Chris Nicholson said if he didn't throw out the case, then Dec. 8 would be the provisional starting date for Zuma's criminal trial on charges that he accepted bribes from a French arms company in a multi-billion-rand (dollar) 1999 ...