6 Jul 2021

Jacob Zuma facing 15 month sentence for contempt

From Morning Report, 6:16 am on 6 July 2021

Former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma is facing a 15 month sentence for contempt - ordered by the Constitutional Court for refusing to face questions at an anti-corruption commission looking into allegations of corruption during his tenure as president.

The devisive figure faces multiple charges of fraud, racketeering and corruption.

He was found to have breached the constitution for using public funds to upgrade his lavish homestead, and is the center of multiple accusations of large-scale graft during his tenure as president.

Some of his supporters have been rallying outside his home despite Covid-19 restrictions, while others have said they cannot understand how anyone still supports him.

Freelance journalist Linda Givetash is in Johannesburg.

She spoke to Corin Dann.