Zuma set to stand trial in May

Former President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial will start on the 17th of May in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg.

Zuma faces 16 counts of fraud, corruption, racketeering and money-laundering, linked to the controversial multi-billion rand arms deal of the 1990s.

Zuma is charged alongside French arms company, Thales.

Nabeelah Shaikh has been following this story.