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SA High Court asked to review, set aside Zuma’s medical parole

SA High Court asked to review, set aside Zuma’s medical parole

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF), a non-profit public interest organisation, has launched an urgent high court application seeking a review or setting aside of the decision to grant medical parole to former South African President Jacob Zuma, who is serving a 15-month jail term. The HSF has asked the court to order SA’s National Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser to provide reasons as well as a full record of the decision. The organisation has asked for copies of documents that formed part of the basis or were considered in making the decision. These documents should include…
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Zuma will be treated fairly, could be out in 4 months

Zuma will be treated fairly, could be out in 4 months

FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma, who has started his 15-month prison term at the Escourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, will be treated fairly, with dignity and could be free in four months, government has revealed. SA Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, who saw Zuma in his hospital cell where he kept in accordance with COVID-19 regulations, said: “We want to assure all South Africans that former president Zuma will be afforded dignity throughout his term of incarceration." Lamola said Zuma, who will stay in isolation for two weeks, was in good spirits. “I have seen him. He…
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