Jacob Zuma won’t be going to jail anytime soon
Former President Jacob Zuma will not be going to jail any time soon – after the Constitutional Court agreed to hear his application for a rescission of its contempt ruling against him.
In directions issued one day after Zuma launched urgent legal action to undo the contempt finding made against him or plead for a lesser sentence than the 15 months he currently faces, the Constitutional Court agreed that it would hear his rescission application on 12 July.
The Court’s directions effectively suspend its committal orders against him, under which police had three days to arrest him if he didn’t hand himself over to authorities by Sunday.
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