Earlier, the former president told supporters his “constitutional rights were abused” by judges of the country’s constitutional court. South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, ordered to surrender himself to start a 15-month jail term for contempt, on said Sunday he would not be doing so by the court-set deadline. The former president, 79, earlier told supporters his “constitutional rights were abused” by judges of the country’s constitutional court. After sentencing Zuma, the South African court nonetheless agreed to hear his challenge to rescind the order. Cathleen Powell, a South African law professor, told AFP the decision to hear Zuma’s challenge did not suspend the constitutional court ruling.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2021 19:07 UTC