By: Natasha Archary

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has upheld its decision that releasing former President Jacob Zuma on medical parole, two months into his prison term was unlawful.
On Tuesday, 13 July, the ConCourt ruled against the Department of Correctional Service’s application to appeal a ruling that Zuma must go back to prison.
“The Constitutional Court has considered the application for leave to appeal (main application) and the application to intervene. It has concluded that the main application should be dismissed as it bears no reasonable prospects of success.
Consequently, the application to intervene fails to be dismissed. The ConCourt has decided to award costs.”
Legal Expert Mpumelelo Zikalala helps us unpack 2 major rulings by the Constitutional Court, the apex court has upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that Former President Jacob Zuma must go back to prison.
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Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15-months in prison for contempt of court in 2021 for refusing to appear before the Zondo Commission.
Zuma served just 2-months of his 15-month jail term at the Escourt correctional facility, and was placed on medical parole in September 2021, just two months into his prison term.
On 14 August, Zuma underwent a surgical procedure due to his “life-threatening illness.”
The ConCourt’s ruling means the former President must return to prison.
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