South Africa: Zuma Provokes ConCourt in Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Jail While Armed Supporters At Nkandla Defy Lockdown

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As armed Zulu regiments marched alongside Jacob Zuma at his homestead in Nkandla on Saturday afternoon, legal minds elsewhere were somewhat flummoxed following the former president's challenge to a ruling from the highest court in the land.

The Constitutional Court had agreed earlier on Saturday to hear Jacob Zuma's application for rescinding of its Tuesday judgment, wherein he was sentenced to 15 months' direct imprisonment for contempt of court. The matter has been set down for hearing on 12 July.

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