Tuesday, June 29, 2021
PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA SENT TO PRISON: GOOD TIDINGS.
ICHEOKU says former President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for contempt of court. The former polygamous South African leader has repeatedly disrespected the court and flouted several orders for appearance in his ongoing corruption trial. A rather recalcitrant behavior which the court described as "defiance and unlawful" and for which he will be punished.
The court had enough of his misbehavior and decided to send a strong message to him by jailing him for 15 months, with the hope according to the judge, that it "sends an unequivocal message that the rule of law and the administration of justice always prevails".
ICHEOKU says a very good step in the right direction towards instilling discipline in so many Africans. Hopefully too, it will serve as a deterrent to the proverbial African "big" men and women, who always see themselves as untouchables and above the law, and orientate them that they are not. Thank you, Judge Sisi Khampepe for courageously doing the right thing. Off to prison Zuma goes!
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