South Africa’s top court upholds ex-leader Jacob Zuma’s sentence
17 September 2021 |
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A majority of justices accused former President Jacob Zuma of "litigious skullduggery" for seeking to get rid of his prison sentence. His imprisonment triggered the worst unrest of South Africa's post-apartheid era.
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