This trial is scheduled to start on Monday but at this stage, it’s unclear whether the trial will go ahead, as Zuma’s former lawyers resigned last month, reportedly because of undisclosed “ethical reasons”. Koen, meanwhile, also last month made headlines during his unsuccessful interview for a permanent position at the Appeal Court, when Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng accused him of being “rude and discourteous” during a September 2016 meeting on judicial cost-cutting. Mogoeng said the way Koen had addressed him at the meeting was a “cause of grave concern” and said it was “one of his worst experiences”.