South African court orders ex-president to jail for contempt

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BREAKING: South Africa’s former President Zuma found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption.

"Finally, Zuma will find himself where he belongs — behind bars," said opposition politician Herman Mashaba in reaction to the sentence.

"The Constitutional Court holds that there can be no doubt that Mr. Zuma is in contempt of court. Mr. Zuma was served with the order and it is impossible to conclude anything other than that he was unequivocally aware of what it required of him," said acting chief justice Sisi Khampepe. Zuma has previously expressed his unwillingness to appear before the commission, which has so far heard evidence directly implicating Zuma in wrongdoing.

Some former Cabinet ministers, high-ranking government officials and executives of state-owned enterprises are among witnesses who have implicated Zuma in corruption.

 

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So jealous of South Africa right now.

Can you even imagine US national politicians facing this level of accountability?

KlasfeldReports Let’s do that here!

Reader30652943 The US is now a third world country compared to South Africa!

He needs to be charged for the 300,000 excess AIDS deaths due to his embrace of denialists.

Trump's next.

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