Jacob Zuma was released from the Estcourt Correctional Services facility in KZN on medical parole, 58 days after he was jailed
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture August 11 2021. Picture: REUTERS/ SUMAYA HISHAM.
“We have also received and taken note of the decision by correctional services’ national commissioner to release comrade Jacob Zuma from incarceration on medical parole. We welcome this. We've heard that he is not well and we’d like to wish him quick recovery as he's restored back to his home to be with his loved ones‚” said Ramaphosa.
The department said in a statement: “Medical parole placement for Mr Zuma means that he will complete the remainder of the sentence in the system of community corrections‚ whereby he must comply with a specific set of conditions and will be subjected to supervision until his sentence expires.
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