AfriForum in court today over Zuma’s release
23 November 2021
The civil rights organisation AfriForum was in the Northern Gauteng High Court today after the organisation approached the court in September with an urgent application to review the lawfulness of the decision by Arthur Fraser, former National Commissioner of Correctional Services, to grant former-president Jacob Zuma medical parole.
AfriForum contended that Fraser’s decision was unlawful and must be put aside, with Zuma to be returned to the custody of the Department of Correctional Services to serve out the rest of his sentence.
AfriForum sent Fraser an urgent lawyer’s letter on 5 September, shortly after Zuma’s release, in his capacity as National Commissioner of Correctional Services, wherein the organisation requested answers regarding Zuma’s release. The following information was specifically requested:
Whether Zuma suffers from a terminal disease that justifies his medical parole.