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Former president Jacob Zuma. (File photo)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Zuma’s rescission application dismissed with costs

Former president Jacob Zuma fails to meet requirements in his application to set aside his contempt order and prison sentence

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma faces summons after he failed to heed a letter of demand for R18-million in legal fees that the supreme court ordered him to repay to the state (Photo by Emmanuel Croset / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Zuma gets medical parole

Former president will serve the remainder of his sentence out of jail

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma’s (right) says he is a political prisoner. (Rogan Ward/AFP)
ARMS DEAL

Zuma’s trial postponed over health risk

The former president requires surgery, which has been put off for the past 18 months, according to his doctor

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
In sickness and in health: Former President Jacob Zuma waves at his supporters outside the Pietermaritzburg high court. (Photo by Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe)
ARMS DEAL

Zuma in hospital for observation

The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read