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Last modified on Sun 4 Jul 2021 03.23 EDT Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, appeared on Saturday to have won a reprieve from imminent imprisonment on contempt of court charges after the country’s most senior judges agreed to hear his challenge to a 15-month jail sentence awarded last week. Police were ordered to arrest the 79-year-old by the supreme court if he did not surrender to authorities by Sunday after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry earlier this year. Zuma was ousted as president amid multiple graft scandals in 2018 after nine years in power and has consistently refused to cooperate with judges investigating wrongdoing during his rule. ....
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Zuma to address SA on Sunday with High Court hearing set for Tuesday - Foundation Updated JacarandaFM News and AFP Share this: If the 79-year-old fails to turn himself in by Sunday, police will be given a further three days to arrest him and take him to jail to start the sentence. AFP Former President, Jacob Zuma is preparing to address South Africa on Sunday as the country waits to see if he will be going to jail, as ordered by the Constitutional Court. The Jacob Zuma Foundation said on Twitter that the former statement s application for his sentence of 15 months imprisonment will be heard in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. ....
âââ 08:06 Sat, 03 Jul 2021 Former President Jacob Zuma is preparing to address South Africa on Sunday as the country waits to see if he will be going to jail, as ordered by the Constitutional Court. The Jacob Zuma Foundation said on Twitter that the former statement s application for his sentence of 15 months imprisonment will be heard in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. This while his appeal to the highest court in the land itself is still pending. Zuma wants to prevent the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, from arresting him. In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday handed Zuma a 15-month term for contempt after he snubbed a probe into the theft of state assets under his tenure. ....