{"id":102936,"date":"2017-10-15T08:32:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T06:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/schabir-shaik-on-zuma-of-course-i-will-testify\/"},"modified":"2017-10-15T08:32:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T06:32:13","slug":"schabir-shaik-on-zuma-of-course-i-will-testify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/schabir-shaik-on-zuma-of-course-i-will-testify\/","title":{"rendered":"Schabir Shaik on Zuma: Of course, I will testify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2017\/10\/15\/Schabir_Shaik_on_Zuma_Of_course_I_will_testify\/\">Schabir Shaik on Zuma: Of course, I will testify<\/a>: DURBAN &#8211; Former presidential adviser Schabir Shaik is preparing to turn State witness as the possibility looms that President Jacob Zuma will stand trial on fraud and corruption charges. His admission comes in the wake of Friday\u2019s dismissal by the Supreme Court of Appeal of an application by Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to appeal a 2016 ruling by the Pretoria High Court that the charges be reinstated. Many of the charges relate to his dealings with Shaik, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2005 on similar charges, while he escaped prosecution. \u201cOf course I cannot refuse to testify if I am called to do so. 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