(Al Jazeera) South Africa’s Constitutional Court sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail for contempt of court following his failure to appear at a corruption inquiry earlier this year.
Zuma did not appear at the inquiry led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in February, after which the inquiry’s lawyers approached the court to seek an order for his imprisonment.
“The Constitutional Court can do nothing but conclude that Mr Zuma is guilty of the crime of contempt of court,” judge Sisi Khampepe said on Tuesday.
Zuma, 79, is accused of enabling the plunder of state coffers during his nearly nine-year stint in office.
“This kind of recalcitrance and defiance is unlawful and will be punished,” Khampepe said.
