Former South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, has proceeded to prison. This follows a verdict by the Constitutional Court sentencing him to a 15-month jail term. Zuma is facing an avalanche of charges for corruption and abuse of office allegedly committed during his tenure as president. But that is not why he is currently in jail. He is incarcerated for contempt of court, which is routine in most African countries.
The rule of the outlaw as king is perhaps the best description of the rule of law in much of the continent. In turn, African judiciaries have failed to rise to the imperatives of the rule of law and their own independence in terms of the judgments they deliver when consequential politically exposed persons are on trial.
The Zuma case may not have been concluded. The charges of corruption against him in various courts are yet to be heard just as investigations on some of the issues are ongoing. He is yet to file his defenses in a number of these cases. But the allegations of diversion of public resources to private ends hung heavy on Zuma’s personal reputation and political legacy.
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