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South Africa: justice confirms Jacob Zuma's sentence to prison

2021-09-17T11:39:38.390Z


The South African Constitutional Court rejected his request to quash a conviction for contempt of justice.


The South African Constitutional Court on Friday scathingly rejected the request of former President Jacob Zuma asking him to reverse his decision sentencing him to 15 months in prison for contempt of justice.

This confirmation of Jacob Zuma's conviction does not call into question the conditional release he received for medical reasons in early September.

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"

The motion for annulment is dismissed,

" said Judge Sisi Khampepe, reading the decision of the highest court in the country, which qualifies as "

procedural shenanigans

" the attempt by the former head of state and his officials. lawyers to overturn his conviction. "

The majority (of the judges of the Court) categorically rejects any idea that the plaintiffs can be allowed to massacre at their will a legal process which, in all respects, has been conducted with the highest degree of regularity

", continued the Judge Khampepe.

Jailed in July for stubbornly refusing to appear before a state corruption commission under his chairmanship (2009-2018), 79-year-old Jacob Zuma has been on medical parole since early September.

Hospitalized since August outside the prison in which he had started serving his sentence, he underwent an operation for which the reasons were not disclosed.

Corruption trial opens on September 21

At the same time, the resumption of his trial for corruption was postponed to September 21 and 22, pending further conclusions on his state of health.

In this 20-year-old affair, the former president is accused of having received bribes from the French arms giant Thalès, accused on his side of corruption and money laundering.

He faces sixteen counts of fraud, corruption and racketeering.

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Mr. Zuma's incarceration sparked an unprecedented wave of violence and looting in South Africa, which left more than 350 dead. Current President Cyril Ramaphosa denounced an orchestrated attempt to destabilize the country. Twelve suspects were arrested in the wake of the riots, the economic impact of the destruction will be officially revealed next quarter.

Source: lefigaro

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