NKANDLA, SOUTH AFRICA - Hundreds of supporters of Jacob Zuma marched alongside the former South African president in his hometown of Nkandla on Saturday, a show of force against a court decision to jail him for 15 months for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. The constitutional court on Tuesday gave Zuma 15 months in jail for absconding in February from the inquiry led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Zuma has until the end of Sunday to hand himself in, after which police are obliged to arrest him. "They can give Zuma 15 months ... or 100 months. Zuma also faces a separate court case relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999 when he was deputy president.

Source: Ethiopian News July 03, 2021 15:22 UTC