Former president Jacob Zuma will not be attending the funeral of former Zambian statesman Kenneth Kaunda today as initially planned.

“He is not going, he can’t. That will give them a chance to arrest him on the way,” said a family elder who asked not to be identified.

According to TimesLIVE Zuma was expected to arrive in Lusaka late Thursday and to return to SA on Monday.

It is believed that the Constitutional Court ruling on Tuesday which found him guilty of contempt of court after he refused to comply with the apex court’s order to appear before the state capture commission, may have contributed to the change in his schedule.

Zuma has been sentenced to a 15-month jail term.