Jacob Zuma starts his term in jail

Newshour - En podcast af BBC World Service

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has begun his prison sentence for contempt of court, after finally handing himself in. Also in the programme: what next for Haiti as police shoot dead four mercenaries suspected of killing the President? And why have more than 120 scientists signed a letter calling the UK Government's Covid plan "a dangerous and unethical experiment"? (Image: Estcourt Correctional Centre, where South Africa"s former president Jacob Zuma is being held after he turned himself in to begin a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, in Estcourt, South Africa, July 8, 2021 / Credit: REUTERS / Siyabonga Sishi)

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