The state has launched what it labelled the Stop Stalingrad application aimed at stopping the years-long delays in the arms-deal related corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales.
It was Pietermaritzburg high court judge Nkosinathi Chili who ordered that the criminal trial should proceed, in spite of any pending applications for leave to appeal, or appeals.
However, Zumas advocate Dali Mpofu yesterday labelled it as the Zuma must fall application and that his client, and Thales, were being treated differently to any other accused person who had a constitutional right to appeal any issue to a higher court.
