Following Jacob Zuma’s absence in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday for his corruption trial due to apparent ill health, the former president has taken to Twitter to share a rather bizarre picture of himself.
Despite Judge Dhaya Pillay issuing a warrant of arrest for him, saying it would be effected if he failed to appear in court on 6 May.
Zuma’s legal team submitted documents to the court, saying the former president was ill and had not been in the country since January 23.
A seemingly unperturbed Zuma on Wednesday night tweeted a picture of himself sitting on a chair next to a quad bike on which he is balancing what appears to be a rifle complete with a scope.
The image was uncaptioned and looks to have been taken at his infamous Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal.
— Jacob G Zuma (@PresJGZuma) February 5, 2020
Within an hour of posting, the tweet had been retweeted more than 1,300 times and received close to 4,000 likes.