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NPA to charge Zuma’s son for homicide
 
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Fri, 20 Apr 2018   ||   Nigeria,
 

Former president Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane will soon be charged for homicide, after a 2014 car crash that left one woman dead, reversing a previous decision not to do so by South African prosecutors.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) gave Duduzane Zuma a two-month deadline that expired at the end of March, to make representations as to why he should not be prosecuted, but he failed to do so, spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku said.

Attempts to reach Duduzane, who rarely speaks to the media, were unsuccessful. His lawyers could also not be reached.

State lawyers initially decided not to prosecute Duduzane after his Porsche 911 sports car ploughed into a minivan taxi in Johannesburg, killing Phumzile Dube, and seriously injuring two others, police said at the time.

In October, rights group Afriforum said it would privately prosecute Duduzane Zuma, if the public prosecutor did not.

The NPA has since reversed its initial decision.

During an inquest in 2014, Duduzane said his car hit a puddle and he lost control‚ veering into the taxi‚ which in turn smashed into a barrier, describing the incident as “tragic”.

It was not immediately clear when the case against Duduzane Zuma would be brought in court, Mfaku said.

 

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