‘Justice must be served’ say South Africans on Zuma inquiry
By Reuters
16 February 2021 |
12:34 pm
South Africans called for justice to be served as an inquiry into corruption during Jacob Zuma's time as the president said it will ask the constitutional court to impose a jail term on the former leader after he defied an order to appear before the inquiry on Monday .
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