Wife Bongekile Ngema had undertaken to take care of ‘frail’ Jacob Zuma: Arthur Fraser

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Judge Keoagile Elias Matojane set aside Fraser’s decision and ruled that Zuma should return to prison to serve out his sentence.

High court ruled Fraser ‘acted irrationally, unlawfully and unconstitutionally’ by overturning parole board’s decisionThe Pretoria high court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma must return to prison. File picture.ommissioner of correctional services Arthur Fraser’s reasons for his decision to release former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole were outlined and rejected on Wednesday by the high court in Pretoria.

“It is directed that the third respondent be returned to the custody of the department of correctional services to serve out the remainder of his sentence.” Twenty days after Zuma went into custody, a SA Military Health Services doctor who had examined Zuma applied for medical parole on the former president’s behalf, stating Zuma was suffering from a terminal disease or a condition that is chronic and progressive.

“The applicant being Mr JG Zuma, 79 years of age, presents as stated herein above, a complex medical condition which predisposes him to unpredictable medical fallouts or events of high-risk clinical picture,” reported Mphatswe. Three days after the board decided not to recommend medical parole, Fraser decided to place Zuma on medical parole.

He said the medical parole advisory board recommendation had agreed Zuma suffered from multiple comorbidities.

 

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The court is being vindictive by ordering Zuma to restart his sentence. Did he grant himself parole?

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