INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
said.On Thursday, the constitutional court upheld a ruling that Zuma should return to prison to complete a 15-month term for contempt of
court, dismissing an appeal seeking to keep him out of jail.However, it was not immediately clear whether he would return to custody
Prison authorities said they were studying the judgment and would seek legal advice.Zuma served as president from 2009-2018 before being
forced out by graft scandals.He was sentenced in June 2021 after refusing to testify before a panel probing financial sleaze and cronyism
separate charges of corruption in an arms procurement scandal dating to the late 1990s, when he was vice president.The former head of state
last week attended a conference on carbon credits in Zimbabwe, where he announced a donation of seven million credits for the country's
supported by the Soviet Union and who retain political or personal links with Moscow.
