Jail
latest news & developments
Malema avoids jail for now
The EFF leader will appeal his five-year prison sentence after a court upheld his conviction for firing a rifle at a political rally, while granting leave to challenge the…
Stigma against ex-offenders is an indeterminate sentence
This results in the former convicts permanent social and economic exclusion to benefit the wealthy and the politically connected in South Africa
Africa in brief: 25 September – 2 October
In the round-up: The ‘architect’ of the Rwandan 1994 genocide dies; the Nigerian government kills its citizens and the Twitter ban is lifted
Africa in brief: 4-11 September
What happened on the continent this past week
The incarceration of Jacob Zuma is poetic justice
During his tenure as president he enabled state capture and the building of the prison industrial complex
Zondo to ask the Constitutional Court to send Zuma to jail for flouting summons
The deputy chief justice says he has to act because Zuma’s defiance risks inciting lawlessness