No day in court: Jacob Zumas jail sentence

Published: June 30, 2021, 10:03 a.m.

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South Africa\\u2019s embattled former leader will be imprisoned for failing to show up to trial\\u2014a sign that, for all the rot in South Africa, its Constitutional Court still has teeth. Our environment editor discusses the scope of heatwaves sweeping the northern hemisphere and cheap ways to lower their death tolls. And how a centuries-old rice dish has become politicised in India.

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