Concourt exceeded the bounds of the Constitution by slapping Zuma with direct imprisonment without trial – Mpofu

12 July 2021 - 12:41
By siviwe feketha AND Siviwe Feketha

Former president Jacob Zuma’s legal counsel has argued that the Constitutional Court had violated his constitutional rights by not affording him the chance to mitigate his sentence before it slapped him with direct imprisonment for contempt of court.

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