By Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court on Tuesday granted former president Jacob Zuma leave to appeal a ruling that he return to prison after being released in September on medical parole, meaning he will be able to spend Christmas at home. Zuma, 79, was sentenced in June to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after ignoring instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry. He handed himself in to begin his sentence on July 7, triggering some of the worst violence South Africa had seen in years. Anger from supporters snowballed into broader outrage over hardship…

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