"The applicant is granted leave to withdraw," Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said of the bid by retired banker Terry Crawford-Browne, to force President Jacob Zuma and the government to appoint an independent inquiry into the multibillion-rand deal.
The order followed Zuma's announcement in September that he had decided to appoint a commission of inquiry into the deal, which has been dogged by allegations of corruption and bribery.
The order granted on Thursday was that the president and the government pay the costs of two counsel for Crawford-Browne for their services until Thursday.
They also had to pay costs encountered because of a postponement of the matter on May 5, and the costs of all interlocutory applications filed on record.
The president and the government were furthermore to pay the party-to-party costs of the friend of the court -- the SA Institute of Race Relations. [Timeslive]
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