Corruption trial of former S.Africa president Zuma postponed to Oct 26

FILE PHOTO: Former South African president Jacob Zuma speaks to supporters at his home in Nkandla, South Africa, July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The corruption trial of former South African president Jacob Zuma for a $2 billion government arms deal has been postponed to Oct. 26, the presiding judge said on Wednesday.

Judge Piet Koen said he will try to deliver judgement then on Zuma's plea to have the lead prosecutor, Billy Downer, removed from a case he has been involved in for almost two decades because of perceptions that Downer was biased and not impartial.