FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country’s top court to block the newly elected parliament from sitting this week, alleging that the May 29 vote was marred by fraud. The National Assembly is scheduled to convene on Friday for lawmakers to …
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An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. Zuma, 80, had been handed a 15-month term in June 2021 for contempt of court, …
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THE prison sentence of beleaguered ex-South African President Jacob Zuma officially ended on Friday, with correctional services saying he had been released from their system having served only part of his term behind bars. The former Head of State was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court in July …
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South Africa’s powerful trade union federation Cosatu, a key coalition partner of the ruling ANC, on Tuesday called for embattled President Jacob Zuma to resign following a deeply unpopular cabinet reshuffle.Union general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali said it was time for Zuma to “step down” after his purge last week of …
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