Defiant Jacob Zuma compares South African judges to apartheid rulers

Defiant Jacob Zuma compares South African judges to apartheid rulers

Former president rails against jail sentence as armed supporters mass outside his home

South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma has lashed out at the judges who this week gave him a 15-month jail term for absconding from a corruption inquiry, comparing them to the white minority apartheid rulers he once fought.

Zuma spoke at his home in Nklandla, in a rural part of Kwazulu Natal province, where hundreds of his supporters, some of them armed, were gathered to prevent his arrest.

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July 05, 2021 at 01:29AM

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