Jailed Jacob Zuma granted medical parole

for failing to appear before a corruption probe panel despite repeated court orders.

The correctional service said on Sunday that Mr Zuma’s eligibility for medical parole follows a medical report it received about the former leader’s hospital admittance. “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,” the agency said in a statement Sunday.

Prison authorities had said, last month, Mr Zuma was moved to an external hospital outside the prison to undergo an unspecified surgery having spent weeks of incarceration at the medical wing of the Estcourt prison.

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