The Jacob Zuma Foundation on Saturday said former president Jacob Zuma would take his fight over his 15-month imprisonment for contempt to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The matter was unopposed and Zuma refused to participate in the proceedings, but he was ordered to attend the commission and co-operate with its work.
However, two days before handing himself to prison, the former president filed an application seeking the reconsideration and rescission of the order made in the contempt proceedings.In his application, Zuma said the order of imprisonment constituted cruel and degrading punishment, considering his personal health challenges, old age and risks posed by Covid-19.
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