Former SA President Jacob Zuma before Pretorian Court, [Photo: Reuters]
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma reported back to jail on Friday only to be swiftly released.
Zuma was ordered to report back to prison and arrived at 6am local time at a detention facility in Estcourt, northwest of Durban, where he was “admitted into the system.
But he was let go almost immediately as part of a “remission process” aiming to address overcrowding in prison, Correctional Services national commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale told a press conference in Pretoria
Zuma was sentenced in June 2021 after refusing to testify before a panel probing financial sleaze and cronyism under his presidency — but was freed on medical parole just two months into his term.
He started serving the sentence early in July 2021.