A bad week for Jacob Zuma
An order forcing Zuma to delete a tweet about Derek Hanekom was upheld by the high court
14 November 2019 - 04:00
A good week
A Brazilian supreme court ruling that a defendant may be jailed only after all appeals have been exhausted led to the release of popular former leftist president Lula da Silva, pending an appeal. He’d served 580 days of a nine-year sentence for corruption based on charges many believe were fabricated. Indeed, the judge who found him guilty was made justice minister by incoming far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who, opinion polls had indicated, would almost certainly have been defeated by Lula in the election a year ago...
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