South Africa's presumed president-in-waiting was in Mauritius on Wednesday in connection with the corruption case he is facing.

ANC leader Jacob Zuma's lawyer Michael Hulley confirmed by telephone from the Indian Ocean island that his client was meeting with legal representatives about documents held in Mauritius that allegedly contain proof of bribes being solicited.

"Unfortunately, I can't give further details," Hulley said.

Zuma was charged with corruption, money laundering, fraud and racketeering in relation to an alleged multimillion-dollar arms deal scandal a week after he was elected leader of the ANC in December. He is to stand trial in August.

Zuma is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the French company Thint to stop investigations into allegedly corrupt government weapons contracts.

Zuma and Thint were trying to stop the state from getting the documents held in Mauritius. A two-day court hearing on that issue was to open on March 11 following a November ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal that the state could go ahead with a request to Mauritian authorities for access to the documents

For "security reasons," Hulley would not comment on any other details of Zuma's visit except to say that his client was only going to be on the island for a "brief period."

With acknowledgements to Sapa and Cape Argus.