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The DA has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to uphold the Gauteng High Court's finding that former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole was illegal.
The SCA handed down its ruling on Monday morning.
On the 10th of September 2021, the DA applied to the Gauteng High Court to review and set aside then Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser's decision to place former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole.
According to the DA, Monday's SCA judgement orders that Zuma must return to the Estcourt Correctional Centre to finish serving his prison sentence.
However, the SCA stopped short of ruling on the matter of whether the time spent by the President on unlawfully granted medical parole should be taken into account in determining the remaining period of his incarceration, saying that this is a matter to be considered by the Commissioner.
The SCA did, however, express its disapproval that while this judgement was pending, the Department of Correctional Services released a media statement saying that Zuma had completed his sentence.
The court ordered Zuma to pay the costs of the DA, Afriforum and the Helen Suzman Foundation.
Media Summary:
— Supreme Court of Appeal ZA (@SCA_ZA) November 21, 2022
National Commissioner of Correctional Services and Another v Democratic Alliance and Others (with South African Institute of Race Relations intervening as Amicus Curiae) (33/2022) [2022] ZASCA 159 (21 November 2022). pic.twitter.com/gjDKtShbrB
