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The High Court in Pietermaritzburg will deliver its judgment on Friday on former President Jacob Zuma’s bid to stay out of jail.
He brought the application before the court on Tuesday, arguing that his arrest should stay until the Constitutional Court hears his rescission application next Monday.
The court had sentenced him to 15 months behind bars for being in contempt of court after he failed to appear before the state capture inquiry.
Zuma has been in prison since Wednesday night after handing himself
Zuma, who served as South Africa’s President from 2009 to 2018, had been given until July 4 to hand himself over to police. If he failed to show, the police were given until the end of Wednesday to arrest the 79-year-old and bring him in.
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