Immediately after the conviction and sentencing of  former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, his backers, including some members of his family, went into combat mode.

While his daughter Duduzile tweeted that her father was ready to hand himself over to authorities in Nkandla, members of the MKMVA called on Zuma to defy the order while his son Edward stood outside the gates of his homestead, declaring that over his dead body would his father be arrested. ..