‘Spy Tapes’ handover delayed

There has been a delay in the handing over of the so-called Zuma "spy tapes", DA leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.

"I would like to say that I have the tapes, but unfortunately I don't," she told reporters outside the High Court in Pretoria.

"The deputy judge president first wants to study the [Supreme Court of Appeal] court order."

Zille said she was told to return at 2.30pm.

She said the DA had received the tapes but then had to hand them to the deputy chief registrar who then gave them to the deputy judge president.

"The registrar wanted to make sure that what he did subsequently with the tapes was in line with the court order."

Conversations on the recordings were cited by the National Prosecuting Authority as a reason to drop fraud and corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma, shortly before he was sworn in as president in 2009.

The SCA ruled last week that the NPA had to comply with a previous order, in an application brought by the DA, to release the tapes.

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