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South Africa: Zuma Is a 'Recalcitrant, Deliberately Defiant Litigant' Who Must Be Arrested, High Court Told
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2021
Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has told the High Court in Pietermaritzburg that Jacob Zuma must be arrested before the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, 7 July. Read more »
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South Africa: Police Minister and SAPS Chief Back Down On Arresting Jacob Zuma, Citing Ongoing Litigation
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2021
Police Minister Bheki Cele and SAPS boss Khehla Sitole have decided to effectively flout the Constitutional Court order to take all reasonable and necessary steps to arrest… Read more »
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South Africa: Jacob Zuma - When Did Erstwhile Revolutionary Lose His Way?
The Conversation Africa, 6 July 2021
It's the small crimes that bring you down. Al Capone went merrily on his murdering way until the FBI nailed him for tax evasion. Richard Nixon seemed immune to the consequences of… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Tells His Supporters He Is Prepared to Fight 'Injustice'
Daily Maverick, 5 July 2021
Jacob Zuma reiterated late on Sunday night that he was not scared of going to jail for his beliefs, saying he was prepared to be a prisoner of his conscience, as he had done when… Read more »
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South Africa: Ex-President Jacob Zuma's 11th Hour Legal Maneuvre Delays Jail
Premium Times, 3 July 2021
Despite the allegations of corruption against him, Mr Zuma still commands huge followings in South Africa. Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma's Self-Made Nkandla Cul-De-Sac
Daily Maverick, 4 July 2021
The next few days will bring finality to the question of whether former President Jacob Zuma will go to jail peacefully. Key to this is the question of whether he will call, allow… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Provokes ConCourt in Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Jail
Daily Maverick, 3 July 2021
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… Read more »
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South Africa: Turning Point - Zuma Has Dug His Own Grave and Can Expect Little Support, Even in KZN
Daily Maverick, 3 July 2021
The ConCourt judgment is a definite demonstration that South Africa has not become a complete banana republic. Read more »