South African Court Rejects Zuma's Request to Stay Arrest Over Court Contempt, Reports Suggest

16:37 GMT, 9 July 2021

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - South Africa's Pietermaritzburg High Court has dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's application to overturn a previous decision to sentence him to fifteen months in prison for contempt of court, national media reported on 9 July.

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According to the Eyewitness News platform, Zuma has been at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in the KwaZulu-Natal province since Wednesday.

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South Africa's ANC Urges 'Calm' From Members After Ex-President Zuma Sentenced to Jail

29 June 2021, 17:20 GMT

Zuma became the first president of South Africa to be arrested since it switched to democracy, and the first leader in the country's history to be jailed.

The 79-year-old former president is currently under investigation over corruption that allegedly flourished during his rule from 2009 to 2018. He was forced out of power in 2018 amid a sprawling corruption scandal.