South Africa's top court began hearing a challenge by former President Jacob Zuma against a 15-month prison sentence on Monday, as angry supporters looted shops and set fire to buildings in protests. Video showed smoke rising from the Brookside mall in Pietermaritzburg on Monday. Zuma was sentenced for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office until 2018. The decision to jail him resulted from legal pro

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FORMER SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT DAUGHTER CHARGE TO COURT FOR TERRORISM. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma, is on trial in Durban for alleged incitement of violence and terrorism linked to the 2021 riots that killed over 350 people. Prosecutors claim her social media posts encouraged looting and unrest after her father’s arrest for contempt of court, while her defence argues she was merely exercising free speech. Jacob Zuma attended the hearing in support