NATIONAL NEWS - This morning’s appearance of Duduzane Zuma in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court took mere minutes, as the magistrate released him on R100 000 bail.
The case will be heard again on January 24 next year.
The matter was postponed as the state wants to lay charges against other accused. Accused number one is Ajay Gupta.
The court imposed conditions on his bail, which include him handing over his passport.
The young Zuma was nabbed by officials and questioned upon his arrival at OR Tambo International Airport from Dubai on Thursday.
He returned to South Africa to attend his brother Vusi’s funeral.
His appearance today made him the most high-profile suspect yet to be formally charged for state capture-related crimes.
Zuma has been charged with corruption arising from the role he played in a failed attempt to bribe then deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at the Gupta family’s Saxonwold home in October 2015.
It is alleged that, at the meeting Duduzane, businessperson Fana Hlongwane and Ajay Gupta offered Jonas the job of finance minister and a bribe of R600 million.
Possible corruption charges aren’t Duduzane’s only concern, as he is also expected to appear in court on Thursday on a charge of culpable homicide.
