South African president says he`s not afraid of jail

  06 November 2016    Read: 1171
South African president says he`s not afraid of jail
South African President Jacob Zuma says he is not afraid of going to jail, in a defiant response to critics who say he should resign because of scandals involving alleged corruption.
Zuma said Saturday in his political stronghold of KwaZulu-Natal province that he has already spent time in prison, referring to the decade he spent behind bars as an anti-apartheid activist during South Africa`s white minority rule, which ended in 1994.

South African media organization EWN is reporting Zuma`s remarks.

Last week, the state watchdog agency released a report indicating possible government corruption linked to Zuma and some associates, and recommended that a judicial commission investigate.

Zuma has criticized the report, saying he wasn`t given a chance to provide "meaningful input" in the investigation.

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