South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma begins prison sentence

A convoy of vehicles transporting former South African President Jacob Zuma leaves his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province (AP)

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has begun serving a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court after handing himself over to police minutes before a midnight deadline.

Zuma was being held on Thursday at the Estcourt Correctional Centre, located in KwaZulu-Natal province about 124 miles from his rural home in Nkandla.