The rise and fall of Jacob Zuma: From veteran to dark post-presidency status
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma arrives ahead of his corruption trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on May 26, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
After the prison sentence was delivered on Tuesday, former South African president Jacob Zuma was given five days to surrender himself to the police and be handed over to a correctional facility. But his supporters, including the Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association, are camping at his Nkandla residence vowing to defend him.
Zuma, 79, continues to hog the limelight in South Africa, more in shame and scandal, far off the bravery of his hey days as an intelligence supremo who headed the Africa National Congress' spy unit during the fight against apartheid.
