Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself in late Wednesday to begin serving a 15-month prison term. 'He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN (KwaZulu-Natal province),' it said, just minutes before the deadline expired. Zuma's decision to obey the Constitutional Court order comes after a week of rising tensions over his prison sentence. He applied at the Constitutional Court for his sentence to be rescinded and that application will be heard on July 12. Addressing his supporters, Zuma reiterated that he is not afraid of being jailed since he had been imprisoned before, being incarcerated by the apartheid regime for 10 years on Robben Island.

Source: Daily Mail July 07, 2021 23:48 UTC