The Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust set up three months ago to raise funds for the former deputy president's legal costs is facing a financial crisis, the Mail and Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
It quotes fund spokesperson Barnabos Xulu as saying: "I can confirm that we are far behind in achieving our budget."
The report also read that Congress of SA Trade Unions general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi had said the matter was nearing a "crisis".
Xulu told the newspaper the trust aimed to raise R12-million to cover Zuma's legal costs.
Meanwhile fund-raising is to start in earnest early in 2006, according to trust chairperson Don Mkhwanazi, SABC radio reported.
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Zuma is facing charges of corruption following what the Durban High Court described as his generally corrupt relationship with fraud- and corruption-convicted businessman Schabir Shaik, who was his friend and financial adviser. - Sapa
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