The private prosecution against Karyn Maughan and News24 is a full-blown attack on media freedom by the country's former president to divert attention from his own troubles, writes Adriaan Basson.
On Monday morning, Jacob Zuma, the country's former democratically-elected-president-turned-convict, will initiate proceedings in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to imprison News24 journalist Karyn Maughan for diligently doing her job.
Maughan will appear in the dock of a criminal court alongside advocate Billy Downer, veteran prosecutor of Zuma's corruption case, after the State had refused to prosecute Downer for what Zuma believes was collusion between the two.