Former South African President Jacob Zuma Begins His 15-Months Jail Sentence
South Africa's former Head of State Jacob Zuma has handed himself into the police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
President Zuma was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
Police had issued a warning that they were prepared to arrest him if he did not hand himself in by midnight today.
The 79-years-old former President has sentenced the jail term last week after he failed to attend a corruption inquiry.
The sentencing sparked an unprecedented legal drama in South Africa, which has never seen a former president jailed before.
Zuma had initially refused to hand himself in, but in a short statement on Wednesday, the Jacob Zuma Foundation said he had "decided to comply".
Ex-President Zuma was sentenced on 29th June for defying an instruction to give evidence at an inquiry into corruption during his nine years as the Head of State. He has testified only once at the inquiry into what has become known as "state capture" - meaning the siphoning off of state assets.
