Zuma's corruption indictment dismissed

A judge dismissed the corruption indictment against South Africa’s former Deputy President Jacob Zuma today after the prosecution said it was not ready to proceed.

The judge in Pietermaritzburg ruled first against a prosecution request for a postponement in the trial, saying the state’s case had “limped from one disaster to another.”

When the prosecution said then it was not ready to proceed, Judge Herbert Msimang said he had no choice but to dismiss the current indictment, setting off celebration by Zuma supporters in the courtroom.