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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has officially given his stamp of approval to the state attorney’s decision to allow former president Jacob Zuma to use state funds to fight 16 criminal charges lodged against him in the Durban High Court.

Ramaphosa filed papers in the high court in Pretoria this week, in which he gave notice to oppose the DA’S application to declare the use of state funds by Zuma irrational and unlawful.

Zuma made his first appearance on April 6 in connection with the 16 charges but the matter was postponed to June 8 for him to make a formal application to review the criminal charges against him.