Will he go quietly? Jacob Zuma has five days to leave his KwaZulu-Natal ranch and start serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. South Africa's 79-year-old former president had refused to appear before the corruption inquiry that's been looking into the alleged siphoning of public funds on his watch. Why does Zuma seemingly prefer jail to answering questions about what South Africans call state capture?
Zuma's detractors insist that no one's above the law, while his supporters call the inquiry biased and claim a political witch-hunt. On the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid, South Africa's democracy faces a real test.
It's a similar story for the ruling African National Congress, split between Zuma loyalists like suspended ANC chair Ace Magashule and his successor as head of state Cyril Ramaphosa. After 30 years, Mandela's party is still a formidable electoral winning machine. But can it answer its own calls for good governance and accountability, particularly as this continental giant tries to deal with a pandemic and growing inequality?
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Juliette Laurain, Imen Mellaz and Jack Colmer Gale.
