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South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma, is in prison

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court, which he was handed last week after he failed to attend a corruption inquiry.

The sentencing sparked an unprecedented legal drama in South Africa, which has never seen a former president jailed before. With the latest, here's Karyn Maughan, a legal journalist at News24.

(Picture: Former South African President Jacob Zuma in 2021. Credit: Reuters)

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