Ex-South African leader Jacob Zuma leaves prison due to ill health

Zuma, who was ousted in 2017, served less than two months of a 15-month sentence for contempt of court

Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, has been released from prison on grounds of ill health after serving less than two months of a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court.

Zuma, who was ousted in 2017, was jailed in July for refusing to comply with an order of South Africa's highest court to appear before a judicial inquiry probing allegations of extensive corruption during his nine years in power.