It finally happened – late last night former president Jacob Zuma handed himself in to the SAPS and spent the first night of his 15-month jail term in a high-security prison in Estcourt. Will his supporters flock to Estcourt and turn the KZN midlands into a feudal war? Jacob Zuma’s motorcade sped out of his Nkandla homestead at about 11.20pm on Wednesday July 7, 2021, heading for a prison in the KwaZulu-Natal town of Estcourt. Minutes before midnight on the same day, Zuma’s foundation announced on Twitter: “Dear South Africans and the World. Please be advised that President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN.” The motorcade arrived at the recently refurbished Estcourt Correctional Centre at about 1.20am on July 8. And at …
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