Former President Jacob Zuma reported at Estcourt jail on Friday, and a “remission process has been effected,” according to the Department of correctional services.
Correctional Services commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale made the announcement during a media briefing with justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola.
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Thobakgale spoke to reporters from the Estcourt prison.
“As the national commissioner, I have exercised my discretion as the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment in making the decision whether or not to take into account the period served under community corrections by the former president,” he said.
“In compliance with the SCA judgment, Zuma did report back to the correctional centre this morning and a consideration has been made as per legislation. The administrative procedures have ensued and Zuma has been processed accordingly.”
Zuma served less than two months of his 15-month sentence for contempt of court imposed by the ConCourt after failing to heed its order to comply with the legal summons of the state capture inquiry.
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Former corrections commissioner Arthur Fraser granted Zuma medical parole in September 2021.
The courts overturned that ruling as unconstitutional. The SCA decision, however, left it up to the commissioner to decide whether he was legally empowered to examine whether the time Zuma has already spent on medical parole can be considered in assessing “the remaining period of his incarceration.”
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