The special remission of sentence granted to former president Jacob Zuma on Friday, which will also be afforded to more than 9 000 'low-risk' offenders, will not see the convicts reoffending, as 'not all the inmates will be released from jail'.
, benefiting from in a move Lamola said was meant to"address overcrowding in the country's correctional centres".Lamola said the remission of sentence meant that Zuma would not serve the remainder of his 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. Last month, the Constitutional Court upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal's ruling that his original release on medical parole in 2021 by former correctional services commissioner, Arthur Fraser, was unlawful.
Zuma was released from the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal after just over an hour in jail on Friday. “We are taking legal advice on this decision because every decision has to pass the rationality test," Breytenbach said. We've opted for the records of decision of the president with regards to remission and Mr Thobakgale with regards to the admission of Mr Zuma [at the Estcourt prison].Breytenbach also questioned the timing of Zuma's release: “We have to look at those records very carefully and the legislation. And of course, there are extraneous factors.
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