ANC Leader Appears In High Court

(04 Aug 08 - RV) The leader of South Africa’s governing African National Congress party, Jacob Zuma, appeared in High Court today in an attempt to have corruption charges against him dropped.

The case is likely to decide whether the ANC leader will succeed Thabo Mbeki as South African president next year.

Hundreds gathered across the street from the court and rallied in support, hoping to stop state prosecutors from putting Zuma on trial later this year.

Gunter Simmermacher of South Africa’s Catholic Weekly, the Southern Cross, told us more.