S.Africa: BLACK COMMUNISTS and RUSSIANS: Jacob Zuma in Russia for health reasons, spokesperson says

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[There are so many Whites in SA who have been totally fooled by Putin and the Russians. Look at how the Black Communist Zulu former President Zuma is actually in Russia for medical treatment!!!! Apparently. Whites in SA are dreaming if they think the Russians will be on our side. It should be as clear as daylight that the Blacks and Russians are still firmly in bed with each other. I think Zuma went to Russia so that he does not have to do jail time. It's all a lot of shit. Zuma is evil and rest assured he and the Russians will be talking. I don't trust the Russians at all. Jan]

The former South African president Jacob Zuma is receiving medical treatment in Russia, his spokesperson has said, a day after the country’s highest court upheld a ruling that he should return to prison.

“Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons,” Mzwanele Manyi said on Friday.

The spokesperson added that the trip “was private, it was not a secret,” after the information was published by local media. “He will be returning to the country once his doctors have completed their treatment,” Manyi said.

On Thursday, the constitutional court upheld a ruling that Zuma should return to prison to complete a 15-month term for contempt of court, dismissing an appeal seeking to keep him out of jail.

It was not immediately clear, however, whether he would return to custody. Prison authorities said they were studying the judgment and would seek legal advice.

Zuma served as president from 2009 to 2018 before being forced out by graft scandals. He was sentenced in June 2021 after refusing to testify before a panel investigating financial sleaze and cronyism under his tenure. He was freed on medical parole two months into his term, a decision that was overturned and has since been confirmed.

He faces separate charges of corruption in an arms procurement scandal dating to the late 1990s, when he was vice-president.

The former head of state attended a conference last week on carbon credits in Zimbabwe, where he announced a donation of 7m credits for the country’s new market, on behalf of a Belarusian company.

Belarus is a Russian ally that is often described as Europe’s last dictatorship – the leaderships of both countries are targeted by western actions.

Zuma is one of the generation of anti-apartheid fighters whose cause was supported by the Soviet Union and who retains political or personal links with Moscow.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/14/jacob-zuma-in-russia-for-health-reasons-spokesperson-says