South Africa

With the Zuma trial coming up soon, I thought it would be good to go a bit retrospective and take a look back at what started it all - The Shaik Trial. The following are a couple of links which I thought would help anyone who is trying to understand what exactly happened in the Shaik trial and how it got the ball rolling with Jay-Z -

a) First off there is the extremely comprehensive and well written Wiki entry, nearly any information you may need is here.

b) Next take a look at a more intimate view of the trial "How we nailed Shaik" from the perspective of lead Prosecutor Billy Downer. 

c) Last off there is the now infamous "encrypted fax" and other incriminating documents that sealed Shaik's (Zuma's?) fate.

Hope this helps, any other interesting links please post in the Comments section.