👩⚖️Advocate Barry Roux is now part of former president Jacob Zuma's legal team in the arms deal corruption case. Catch up on the story here: Zuma BarryRoux JacobZuma
At the height of the murder trial, South Africa’s internet exploded with Barry Roux memes, one of which foretold of this day, albeit on a different case.At the time, Zuma was under fire for the security upgrades made to his private residence in Nkandla on the taxpayer’s dime.
Internet meme seen at the height of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial where netizen’s pondered if Zuma should hire Roux. Roux’s counsel is not cheap Roux’s presence on the defence team, which also includes another well-known South African advocate, Dali Mpofu, has some wondering how the embattled former statesman can afford the high profile advocate, whose daily rate is reported to be in the region of about R50 000.
In 2015, after Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide, his legal team, while opposing an application to have the conviction changed to murder, submitted that the once rich Blade Runner’s “financial ability” to pay for a new trial is “non-existent”. Controversial Bronkhorstspruit-based diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg is financially backing the former president’s private prosecution of state advocate Billy Downer and But it’s unclear how Zuma is funding his defence in the arms deal case, where he and French arms firm Thales are facing 18 counts of corruption, including money laundering, tax evasion, and racketeering.
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