ormer president Jacob Zuma’s foundation confirmed on Friday that he is in Russia, a day after a constitutional court decision made clear that he must return to prison.
the appellate court ruling that Zuma’s release from prison on medical parole, some two months into a 15-month sentence, was unlawful.The supreme court of appeal held in November last year that the decision by former correctional services commissioner Arthur Fraser to grant Zuma medical parole early in his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court was in breach of the Correctional Services Act and unconstitutional.
It therefore gave the commissioner leeway to decide that Zuma need not spend another day in prison. But this discretion is subject to the provisions of the relevant law.
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