Jacob Zuma is a frontrunner for ANC president
South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma could face new corruption charges after a court ruling.
The Supreme Court upheld appeals made by the state against earlier rulings preventing prosecutors from using documents seized from Mr Zuma.
He was sacked in 2005 as deputy leader over an arms deal but graft charges were dropped for lack of evidence.
He is now a frontrunner in leadership elections for the governing African National Congress (ANC) next month.
This post would put him in a strong position to become South Africa's next president in 2009. Mr Zuma is currently the ANC's deputy president.
The BBC's Peter Greste in Johannesburg says the latest judgements do not mean Mr Zuma will inevitably face trial but they do cast a dark shadow over his campaign to win the presidency of the ruling ANC.
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