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- South Africa’s imprisoned former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital for observation near the Estcourt Correctional Center where he is currently serving a 15-month jail term
- He is in prison for defying a Constitutional Court order to testify at a state-backed inquiry probing allegations of corruption during his presidential term from 2009 to 2018
- . Zuma’s arrest last month sparked violent riots in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, leading to widespread looting of shopping centers and the torching of trucks in KwaZulu-Natal
- President Cyril Ramaphosa fired some of his ministers over the recent riots and corruption allegations
South Africa’s imprisoned former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital for observation near the Estcourt Correctional Center where he is currently serving a 15-month jail term. He is in prison for defying a Constitutional Court order to testify at a state-backed inquiry probing allegations of corruption during his presidential term from 2009 to 2018.
A routine checkup by the jail authorities indicated that Zuma should be admitted to a hospital. Zuma’s arrest last month sparked violent riots in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, leading to widespread looting of shopping centers and the torching of trucks in KwaZulu-Natal.
More than 330 people died in the rioting and more than US$ 1.36 billion worth of property was destroyed. Zuma has filed an application for his prison sentence to be rescinded by the Constitutional Court, and is expected to appear in the Pietermaritzburg High Court next week in a separate trial for corruption. In a recent reshuffle President Cyril Ramaphosa fired some of his ministers over the recent riots and corruption allegations.
