A defiant South African President Jacob Zuma says he doesn't fear prison days after an anti-graft watchdog released a report recommending a judicial probe into alleged corruption.
The "State of Capture" report, which stopped short of saying crimes had been committed, suggested a judge should take the investigation forward into whether Zuma, cabinet members, and some state companies acted improperly in their dealings with wealthy Indian businessmen.
Zuma on Saturday noted he had served time as a political prisoner during South Africa's apartheid era.
"I'm not afraid of jail. I've been to jail during the struggle," Zuma told a cheering crowd in Kwa-Zulu Natal, his home province and political stronghold.
Zuma spent 10 years as an anti-apartheid activist in prison on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela during the 1948-1994 rule by the country's white minority.
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