The former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma has been released from prison after serving his complete jail term at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal
Zuma who received a 15-month sentence in 2021, was set free following the expiration of his prison term for contempt of court.
The former South African president was handed the jail term after he failed to attend a corruption inquiry.
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Zuma was charged with two counts of corruption, one count each of racketeering and money laundering, and twelve counts of fraud, all arising from his receipt of 783 payments which the state alleges were bribes from businessman Schabir Shaik and French arms company Thales
He handed himself in on July 7, 2021, to begin his sentence, triggering the worst violence South Africa had seen in years as his angry supporters took to the streets.
Jacob Zuma would go down in history as the first ex-president to be jailed after his time in office for corrupt practices while serving as a government official. He has, however, set a precedent upon which corrupt rulers can be punished
