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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 appearance to meet his followers gathered in a festive atmosphere.
With our special correspondent in Nkandla,Romain Song
Alcohol, barbecues, music and dance. The meeting in support of Jacob Zuma takes the air of a popular party. Two friends drove 7 hours from Johannesburg. “I came to see what will happen to Jacob Zuma. I will sit in the trunk of my car, drink shots and watch what happens until it is over,” said the first.
“He’s a father, he’s a brother, he’s everything to me, so I came to support him and I’m ready to die for him,” the other explains.
Despite some slander, the atmosphere is good-natured, this activist from the ANC (African National Congress) emphasizes. “We came here in peace to show our solidarity with our comrade and there will be no violence,” she assures us.
The Constitutional Court will hear his appeal on July 12
The situation should remain calm, as Jacob Zuma will not be arrested in the next few days. The Constitutional Court, which ruled his condemnation to 15 months’ imprisonment, will study his appeal July 12. Veterans of the ANC’s formerly armed wing that guards Zuma’s house can let their guard down. “You can not call it a victory because it was not a war. They were just discussions so we can say that we have made things clear, we think.
Jacob Zuma made a brief appearance surrounded by a Zulu regiment, a few minutes to show that at 79 he still knows how to defend himself. The ex-president will speak from his home in Nkandla on Sunday at 18.00 (16.00 UT).
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