Late last night, with the clock ticking, Jacob Zuma was taken to Estcourt Correctional Centre to serve his 15-month prison sentence.
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Zapiro and Zuma have done battle for years. As we enter another day wondering if the former president will end up behind bars, the cartoonist isn’t letting up.
Over the weekend, the former president’s supporters descended on Nkandla. There was marching, singing, and one deeply ironic printing error.
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Zuma supporters from around the country flocked to Nkandla, despite the fact that large gatherings are banned.
In a final attempt to avoid prison, Zuma’s legal team will file court papers at the Constitutional Court today.
Via the Jacob G Zuma Foundation, the former president has lambasted the ConCourt ruling, adding that the Zondo Commission has been “transformed into a slaughterhouse”.
As has become customary, Nando’s weighed in with a joke about our former president, and it clearly touched a nerve.
After what we’ve been through, it still feels almost unbelievable that Zuma will actually end up behind bars. Let’s imagine for a second that he does.
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Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court, and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment by the Constitutional Court.
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Marching, singing, and a menacing looking roly-poly were all on show as crowds gathered outside Jacob Zuma’s compound.
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Last Friday, Jacob Zuma hosted Julius Malema at Nkandla. Tea was had, and a chopper ferried the EFF leader to and from the former president’s homestead.
The former president has hit back at last week’s Constitutional Court ruling that he has to appear before the Zondo Commission, likening his treatment to that which he received at the hands of the apartheid government.
Whilst it feels like the Zondo Commission has been dragging on forever, the claims made this week are yet another reminder of how South Africa was sold down the river.
At this stage, knowing what we do about Jacob Zuma’s leading role in State Capture and subverting anything remotely resembling a functional government, it takes a jaw-dropping claim to grab headlines.
Zuma is going to new lengths to avoid taking the stand, including bogus recusal requests and simply running away from the commission.
The revered satirist has taken many potshots at the ruling party these past two decades, and he’s not about to let up now, either.
With President Ramaphosa unwilling, or unable, to crack down on corruption within his own party, the events of recent days have outlined how deep the rot goes.
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Nonkanyiso Conco, who had a child with the former president in 2018, has moved out of the house Zuma had rented for her near Ballito, Durban.
As part of the ‘Zooming with Zumas’ series, Jacob and Duduzane have been hard at work trying to exonerate the former president.
The words ‘Jacob Zuma’ and ‘reality’ don’t often belong in the same sentence. As his day in court looms on the horizon, the former president says he’s ready to spill the beans.
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Social media was ablaze on Wednesday night after Jacob Zuma tweeted a photo of himself wielding a weapon. His son says it’s all an overreaction.
JZ was a no-show at his corruption trial in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court yesterday. His sick note is one that even a truant teenager would be ashamed of.