Advisor to South African deputy president sentenced to 15 years for corruption, fraud News
Advisor to South African deputy president sentenced to 15 years for corruption, fraud

[JURIST] South African businessman Schabir Shaik [Wikipedia profile] was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in jail after being found guilty [JURIST report] of two counts of corruption and one count of fraud, ending a high-profile case that many in South Africa had followed over its seven-month duration. Shaik has close ties to Zulu leader and South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma [profile], earlier thought to be a frontrunner to replace current President Thabo Mbeki [BBC profile], who some analysts claim will be unable to distance himself from this scandal to win the presidency. AFP has more.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.