On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court has sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail.
The court stated that Zuma was in contempt of court
when he failed to appear and participate at the state capture inquiry.
Justice Sisi Khampepe handed the down the judgment saying
that the court considered an unsuspended jail term of two years but that this
matter was not ordinary as he is a former president.
Zuma cannot appeal this ruling through the national
judicial system as the Constitutional Court is the highest court in South
Africa.
He has been ordered to submit himself to Nkandla
Police Station or the Johannesburg Central Police Station within five days.
In the event Zuma does not submit himself to the South
African Police Service (SAPS) as requested by the court, the minister of police
and national commissioner of SAPS must within three calendar days of the expiry
of the first five days take the necessary legal steps to ensure he is submitted
to a correctional facility.
By Danielle Mentoor
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