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Jul
15
2023
By The African Mirror
South African court rules against ex-president Zuma in parole release finding

South African court rules against ex-president Zuma in parole release finding

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's top court rejected an attempt to overturn a previous decision that found former president Jacob Zuma should go back to jail after being released early on medical parole. The Constitutional Court ruling could send Zuma back to prison, two years after his initial arrest sparked widespread protests that saw at least 337 people killed. The Department of Correctional Services said in a statement that it was studying the judgment and seeking legal advice before commenting. A spokesperson for Zuma declined to comment directly on the ruling and referred any questions to the department, noting that prison officials had sought the…
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Sep
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma’s medical parole: Opposition parties unhappy

Zuma’s medical parole: Opposition parties unhappy

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African opposition parties have expressed their unhappiness at the decision to grant medical parole to the country’s former president Jacob Zuma and have called for transparency and accountability. Zuma, 79, has served two of his 15 months prison sentence and has been in hospital for over two weeks after he underwent surgery. The Democratic Alliance (DA), the official opposition has called the decision to grant Zuma medical parole unlawful and wants the man who took the decision, Arthur Fraser, the Commissioner of Correctional Services, to be hauled to parliament to explain himself. DA leader John Steenhuysen…
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