Police Minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner Khehla Sitole have told acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that they will not act on orders to arrest former president Jacob Zuma - until his legal challenge to his 15-month jail term for contempt is finalised.

Police Minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner Khehla Sitole have told acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that they will not act on orders to arrest former president Jacob Zuma – until his legal challenge to his 15-month jail term for contempt is finalised.

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6 July 2021

This as Zuma is heading to the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg today to have the execution of that order stayed, pending his application for the rescission of the Constitutional Court’s contempt ruling. Last week, the Concourt ordered Cele and Sitole to ensure that Zuma is arrested and committed to jail by Wednesday, should he not hand himself over by Sunday.

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Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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