Former President Jacob Zuma on Sunday said the move by the Constitutional Court essentially sentenced him without a trail, and sending him to jail was tantamount to a death sentence.
Zuma gave a public address live from his Nkandla home on Sunday night on matters pertaining to his jail sentence. A majority ruling by the Constitutional Court ruled he was in contempt of court for not attending the commission and sentenced him to 15 months behind bars.
“The death sentence was declared unconstitutional in South Africa in 1995. As a result of my sacrificed and those of millions of South Africans,” he said. “Sending me to jail during the height of a pandemic at my age is the same as sentencing me to death,” he said.
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