PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa — Former President Jacob Zuma of South Africa will face trial on corruption charges after a court on Friday dismissed his application to halt the case for good.

The ruling means further scrutiny of a 1999 arms deal in which Mr. Zuma is accused of receiving bribes from Thales, a French arms manufacturer.

The charges were raised more than a decade ago but withdrawn, then reinstated after the National Prosecuting Authority announced that there were sufficient grounds to bring Mr. Zuma to trial.

He was president from 2009 to 2018, when he was forced to resign by the governing African National Congress amid separate allegations of corruption linked to the Guptas, a family with wide-ranging business interests. The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions on Thursday against three Gupta family members.