The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) went into its second day of talks on Tuesday over whether to carry on with or drop ANC president Jacob Zuma's corruption case.

"Yes, it resumes today," spokesman Tlali Tlali said amid a flurry of mostly unsourced reports on various possible outcomes.

The meeting was assessing progress made so far on the information the NPA had received from Zuma's legal team on the representations they had made in the hopes of having the case against him dropped.

On Monday, Tlali said: "The NPA is giving it [the] priority attention it deserves. The urgency that attaches to the process should not be at the expense of procedures that as a matter of law must be followed.

"The NPA will appropriately communicate its decision once there is one in place," he said.

Some newspapers have proclaimed that the charges will be dropped.

Meanwhile, Zuma was set to address a breakfast in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning.

At the same time, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema reaffirmed the league's belief that the charges against Zuma were the result of a political conspiracy and should be dropped.

Speaking on SAFM, he said the league had made its own submissions on why the charges against Zuma should be dismissed.

"Like the racist uZille [DA leader Helen] we did the same," he said of the Democratic Alliance's submissions to the NPA that the charges should not be dropped.

He suggested that a group aligned with former president Thabo Mbeki had met "on a farm" outside Durban and decided on the charges against Zuma.

He said these claims, of a conspiratorial nature, could not be proved, referring to an allegation he made earlier in the interview when he said that no notes or minutes were taken at meetings where conspiracies were formulated.

He reiterated the league's belief that Zuma would not get a fair trial.

Zuma, the ruling African National Congress' presidential candidate, is facing fraud and corruption charges related to a multi-billion rand government arms deal.

The announcement could end a lengthy legal battle between the authority and Zuma.

There was no confirmation that a press conference would be held later on Tuesday to announce the NPA's decision.

Sapa

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