Former South African president Jacob Zuma has denounced the 15-month prison sentence he has been given by the country's highest court and has not said if he will voluntarily comply with the order to turn himself over to the police. Legal experts and anti-corruption experts have widely welcomed the Constitutional Court s ruling this week that Zuma should be imprisoned for defying a court order to testify before a judicial inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption during his presidential t

After uncertainty if COVID-19 would force South Africa to postpone local government elections, the courts have ruled that the crucial polls should move ahead.... Despite concerns about political rallies spreading the disease, South Africa's courts ruled earlier this month that the Independent Electoral Commission should hold the polls on November 1.... There is a lot that has been happening, with the coronavirus and people struggling," he said....