South Africa
#Zuma ordered to return to jail─── 10:51 Wed, 15 Dec 2021
Jacob Zuma. File image
The High Court in Pretoria has set aside the decision to place former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole.
The court declared former Correctional Services commissioner Arthur Fraser’s move ‘unlawful’.
The department has been ordered to take Zuma back into custody for him to resume serving his 15-month sentence.
In its judgment, the court says the time Zuma spent on parole will not be counted as time served as part of the original sentence.
Correctional Services says it needs time to study the judgment.
