2006年VOA标准英语-Prosecution of South Africa's Jacob Zuma Looms

By Delia Robertson
Johannesburg
06 November 2006
 
Shabir Shaik, one-time financial advisor¹ to former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, has lost his appeal in the Supreme² Court of Appeal against his conviction on charges of fraud and corruption⁴. The decision increases the likelihood that the corruption case against Zuma will be reinstated.

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Schabir Shaik leaves the court in Durban, South Africa, on June 2, 2005, after being found guilty on fraud and corruption charges  
  
The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed all Shabir Shaik's applications for appeal and also upheld the sentences of 15 years incarceration⁵ on the two main charges.

Judge Craig Howie delivered a summary of the decision at the court in Bloemfontein.

He said, "In the criminal case, all the applications for leave to appeal that were referred for argument, are dismissed. All the appeals are dismissed."

The court upheld the findings of the trial court regarding the corrupt³ nature of the relationship between Shaik and Zuma. Judge Howie said that on four occasions interventions⁷ by Zuma on Shaik's behalf advanced or were intended to advance Shaik's commercial interests.

He said the most important intervention⁶ by Zuma resulted in Shaik acquiring a highly lucrative⁸ contract to supply armaments for two new corvettes for the South African Navy.

Jacob Zuma    
  
Judge Howie said the only reasonable inference that could be made on the evidence is that some 238 payments were corruptly⁹ made to Zuma by Shaik to influence Zuma to act in conflict with his constitutional duties.

The court's decision increases the likelihood that the National Prosecuting¹⁰ Authority will reinstate the corruption case against Zuma. That case was ordered stayed by a Durban court in September when the state was unable to proceed within the time required by that court.

Spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi says the case may now move forward.

"The National Director of Public Prosecutions¹¹ Vusi Pikoli will have to apply his mind to that and decide what ought to be done. You will remember that mater was struck off the roll ... the state was not ready to proceed - one of the reasons why the state was not ready to proceed was this very matter that was finalized¹² today," he said.

Last week the National Prosecuting Authority was granted leave to appeal another court decision declaring the seizure¹³ of evidence from Zuma's homes last year, illegal.

Once that matter is finalized, it is likely that the NPA will make a final decision whether or not to proceed with the corruption case against Zuma.

1 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 incarceration   

n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭

参考例句：

• He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
• Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句

6 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

7 interventions   

n.介入，干涉，干预( intervention的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
• The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网

8 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

9 corruptly   

腐败（堕落）地，可被收买的

参考例句：

• Ah sinful nation a people a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! 这作恶犯罪的国家，这邪恶败坏的人民，你们要遭殃了！
• Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! 犯罪的国民，担着罪孽的百姓，行恶的种类，败坏的儿女。

10 prosecuting   

检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师

参考例句：

• The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
• Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。

11 prosecutions   

起诉( prosecution的名词复数 )； 原告； 实施； 从事

参考例句：

• It is the duty of the Attorney-General to institute prosecutions. 检察总长负责提起公诉。
• Since World War II, the government has been active in its antitrust prosecutions. 第二次世界大战以来，政府积极地进行着反对托拉斯的检举活动。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

12 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。