Zuma arms deal trial postponed

Judge to consider presiding over case [View this email in your browser]( [Mail & Guardian]( [Zuma arms deal trial postponed until early 2023]( Judge Piet Koen has set the matter down for 30 January when he will announce whether he will recuse himself. Your morning catch up [R3.8-billion Eskom lawsuit against Matshela Koko, Brian Molefe stalls]( The matter has stalled since August 2020, when the SIU first filed its combined 73-page summons in the Pretoria high court. [Opinion: It’s time for South Africa to start a Lock Them Up party]( Aside from the ANC’s fratricidal conflict, we have mostly aimless opposition, taking up side issues like attacking foreigners and nitpicking details of their opponents’ track records. [Year-on-year growth in retail sales slows down in August compared with July]( On a month-on-month basis retail trade sales decreased for the fourth consecutive month, showing that consumers are still cash-strapped. [Brian Molefe must pay back R9.9-million to Eskom after losing his court appeal]( In September, Eskom confirmed it had recovered R30-million unlawfully paid to boost Molefe’s early retirement fund during 2016. [Young South African snapper Sibusiso Bheka graces Amsterdam]( Bheka, who started his career at the Of Soul and Joy programme in Thokoza, was chosen for a residency at the prestigious NOOR photo agency in the Netherlands As a subscriber, you'd have access to these great reads [Zweli Mkhize: SIU report set up by Ramaphosa circle to clip my wings]( [Samwu: Manager implicated in VBS scandal tried car fleet scam in new municipality]( [Subscribe to support independent South African journalism]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2022 Mail & Guardian Media LTD, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive communications from the Mail & Guardian either at our website or by taking out a print subscription. Our mailing address is: Mail & Guardian Media LTD 25 Owl St BraamfonteinJohannesburg, Gauteng 2001 South Africa [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( here.