South Africa

South Africa's Supreme Court has heard a challenge from former President Jacob Zuma to a 15-month prison sentence on Monday when police said six people had been killed and more than 200 arrested in connection with protests and looting since last week. Occasional violence and looting continued on Monday, after a weekend of unrest by pro-Zuma protesters, mainly concentrated in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Some disturbances spilled into the country's largest city, Johannesburg. According to police, six people…

Some sporadic demonstrations broke out on Friday, July 9, in support of Jacob Zuma, imprisoned for three days. Roads were blocked, cars were targeted and police arrested. The clashes centered around Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal region where the former president is coming. Despite these few incidents, among figures from South African activism, the arrest of Jacob Zuma is seen as a symbol of good health…

The former South African president spent his first night behind bars. "Zuma fought against the law and the law won", launches the South African newspaper's website Sunday Times, by translating this form of a local proverb: "everything has an end".For its part, the information portal Mail & Guardian tells "how JZ was pressured into surrender" and reports "intense talks between the police chiefs, the ANC leadership in…

In South Africa, the news caused surprise. Former President Jacob Zuma spent his first night in jail. Sentenced last week by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, he was finally detained on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, July 8, when the ultimatum to surrender to the police ceased.…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma surrendered to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court, culminating in a lengthy legal drama seen as a test of the post-apartheid state's ability to enforce the rule of law. Police spokesman Lirandzu Themba confirmed in a statement that Zuma was in police custody, in accordance with the ruling of the Constitutional Court. The Department of Correctional Services said in a separate statement that Zuma was admitted to the Estcourt…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to police early on Thursday to begin serving a 15-month sentence. Just minutes before the deadline for the police arrest at midnight, Zuma left his home in Nkandla in a convoy of vehicles. Zuma surrendered to authorities to obey the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court, that he would serve time in prison for contempt. "President Zuma has decided to comply with the prison order. He is about to enter a prison facility in KZN…

First night in jail for Jacob Zuma. The former South African president, sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt, handed over to police on the night of Wednesday, July 7. He had left his home in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal just before midnight and thus avoided police intervention. The urgent appeals brought by his legal team were not sufficient to reject the decision to arrest him issued by the…

Sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, the former South African president should finally not be arrested before at least July 12. The Constitutional Court will hear his appeal. Jacob Zuma had claimed that at the age of 79 and during a period of Covid-19, a stay in prison would amount to the death penalty. On Saturday in front of his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, he made a brief…

After being sentenced this week to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, former President Jacob Zumaa ​​appealed to the Constitutional Court on Friday night and asked it to overturn its decision. Earlier this week, he was convicted by the same court of refusing to testify before a commission of inquiry into corruption. and this despite a ban on justice.…

The former South African president was sentenced on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 to 15 months in prison for contempt. Since then, his foundation and supporters have questioned the Constitutional Court's ruling. The former head of state, charged in other corruption cases, has until Sunday to hand himself over to the police. Jacob…