Recently former President Jacob Zuma handed himself to the police and he has commenced his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court.
Zuma served as President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018.The court had given him until July 4 to hand himself to the police.
Just before the deadline could elapse at midnight Zuma surrendered to the police and is now a resident of Estcourt Correctional Center near his home in KwaZulu-Natal province.
On June 29, Zuma was handed a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. This is a symbolic moment that a man who had served as president and a key ANC figure who spent 10 years in prison with Nelson Mandela would be imprisoned.
On July 12, the Constitutional Court of South Africa will hear an appeal from Zuma’s lawyers.
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