Tag: Zuma
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Former South Africa president, Zuma survives road crash
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma survived a road crash Thursday night, local media reported Friday. Zuma and his bodyguards were traveling from Nkandla to Eshowe, in KwaZulu-Natal Province
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South African appeal court orders Zuma to continue his jail term
An appeal court in South Africa has ruled that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. 80-year old Zuma had been handed a 15-month term in June 2021 for contempt of court, a move that triggered deadly unrest.…
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African court allows Jacob Zuma to appeal return-to-jail order
A South African court on Tuesday, granted former president Jacob Zuma leave, to appeal a ruling that he returned to prison after being released in September on medical parole. He was however, given permission to spend Christmas at home. Zuma, 79, was sentenced in June to 15 months in prison for contempt of court, after…
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Ex-South Africa President Jacob Zuma granted medical parole
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for 15 months in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was placed on medical
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South Africa’s Zuma hospitalized ahead of graft trial
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, imprisoned for contempt of court last month, was admitted to hospital on Friday, less than a week before he is due in court for a separate graft trial. The Department of Correctional Services “can confirm that former president Jacob Zuma has today, 6 August 2021, been admitted to an…
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72 dead in South Africa’s Zuma riots, worst violence in decades
As many as 72 people have died in South Africa, following days of protest over the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. The South African Police Service (SAPS) which gave the figure of casualties late Tuesday also 1,234 people have been arrested . Notably the protests have now turned into rampant looting and riots, to…
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U.S. shuts down S/Africa embassy as pro-Zuma protests rock Durban
The United States Consulate General in Durban, South Africa, on Monday, issued a security alert and ordered closure of its office during normal business hours due to demonstrations and crime in the city. Durban is a city in KwaZulu-Natal province in eastern South Africa. According to an official statement by the US mission, businesses are…
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Zuma’s woes and waste of Mandela’s legacy, By Chido Nwangwu
By Chido Nwangwu As the story was breaking on July 7, 2021 that South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma handed himself to the police at a correctional services facility (prison), in order to begin a 15-month sentence without appeal, I was concerned like most human beings that Jacob Zuma, a 79-year old grandfather and (former)…
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Jacob Zuma: South Africa’s former president hands himself over to police
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. He was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. Police had notified that they were prepared to arrest him if he did not hand himself in…
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S.Africa’s ex-president Zuma appears in court for corruption plea
Former South African President Jacob Zuma appeared in court on Wednesday on charges bordering on corruption among others. Zuma is expected to plead not guilty to corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering charges over a $2 billion arms deal when he was deputy president. Zuma, who was president between 2009-2018, faces 18 charges relating to…