Shaheed Rudolph and Rashdeen Rudolph claim they qualify on the same grounds advanced by African National Congress president Jacob Zuma for his stay of prosecution.

The brothers brought an application in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Tuesday to halt their prosecutions.

The advocate prosecuting the case, Willemien Vos, said the State had decided to prosecute the brothers, but later withdrew the charges.

It had since re-instated the case.

The Rudolphs were contending that the State should have sought their representations before prosecuting them again, said Vos.

The case was postponed to 6 July.

The brothers were arrested in October 2008, after being fingered by State witnesses as kingpins in the 2006 robbery.

On 25 March 2006 robbers, armed with AK-47 assault rifles, boarded a SA Airways plane and stole R72-million in foreign currency.

Twelve people were standing trial in the High Court in Johannesburg for the crime.

Three others, Magdeline Moonsammy, Sean Soobramoney and Ishmail Nazir, pleaded guilty in October 2008 under plea agreements with the State.

Two others ? Themba Phuyitsi and Tebogo Nhlapo ? died of natural causes while awaiting trial.