The Constitutional Court has received the full set of papers required for ANC president Jacob Zuma’s application, a court official said today. The African National Congress president’s Durban-based attorney missed the 3.30pm deadline for filing the papers in Johannesburg yesterday, but subsequently sent copies by electronic mail, which were considered insufficient as the court rules also call for 25 hard copies. Late filing can be remedied by an application for the judges to condone this.

The justices of the court will now decide whether to grant him an opportunity to argue his case. The appeal to the court relates to a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment in January that had the effect of allowing the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to continue pursuing its corruption case against him. Zuma’s lawyers and the NPA would also be back in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday as the NPA revived its court action against Zuma.

With acknowledgements to Sapa and Business Day.