AfriForum is demanding information about Jacob Zuma’s medical parole.
The Department of Correctional Services recently announced that the former president was placed on medical parole.
Zuma was serving a 15-month sentence in the Estcourt Correctional Centre for contempt of court.
AfriForum sent a lawyer’s letter to national commissioner of correctional services requesting information about the decision as well as a copy of the medical report recommending parole.
In August, Zuma was admitted to an outside hospital.
At that time, the department and his foundation said it was for a routine check-up.
According to a statement by the department, Zuma’s eligibility for medical parole was compelled by a medical report received by it.
However, the Correctional Services Act afforded the national commissioner the responsibility to place a sentenced offender under correctional supervision if the offender was serving a sentence of incarceration of 24 months or less.
