Round one tomorrow in Zuma documents case

A report on the IoL site says the documents pertain to meetings between Zuma, his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik – convicted of fraud – and Thint. Zuma\'s attorney Michael Hulley said yesterday he did not anticipate any delays in filing papers opposing the NPA\'s request for the release of the documents from Mauritius. The NPA approached the Durban High Court on December 12 for a letter of request to the Mauritian Attorney-General under the International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act. Judge Phillip Levinsohn gave Zuma and Thint until February 9 to file papers opposing the application, and the State until March 2 to respond. He set down March 22 to March 25 for argument in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. The documents include the 2000 diary of former Thint CE Alain Thetard. The NPA revealed, in papers supporting its application, that Thetard\'s diary entry for March 11, 2000 was a particularly important piece of evidence for the prosecution. ‘It appears from this entry that Thetard met with \'J Zuma + SS\' (Schabir Shaik) in Durban on that day’. Full report on the IoL site