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SCA ruling is ‘an exercise in cruelty and degrading punishment,’ says Zuma foundation

LOCAL The Jacob Zuma Foundation has criticised the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling that the former president must go back to jail. The SCA on Monday dismissed with costs Zuma’s appeal against the setting aside of his medical parole by the Pretoria high court. The court ruled the decision to grant Zuma medical parole last year against the advice of the specialist Medical Parole Advisory Board was unlawful. LISTEN […]

today24 November 2022

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SCA made clear the conditions of medical parole: Expert

Parole expert Julian Knight says the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has made clear the conditions under which a prisoner should be released on medical parole. On Monday,  the SCA upheld a High Court order which declared former President Jacob Zuma’s release on medical parole irrational, unlawful and unconstitutional. The SCA also ruled that Zuma must return to the Estcourt Correctional Centre because he did not lawfully complete his sentence. Knight […]

today22 November 2022

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SCA increases Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence to 13 years

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein has increased the sentence of former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. "The sentence imposed by the…[high court] with respect to murder is set aside and substituted with the following – the respondent’s imprisonment for 13 years and five months," Justice Legoabe Willie Seriti said. He said Pistorius should have been […]

today24 November 2017

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Casac welcomes SCA ‘spy tapes’ judgment in Zuma‚ NPA appeal

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment‚ which dismissed the appeals by President Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The NPA and Zuma sought to appeal against a Pretoria high court order last year‚ which held that the decision of the NPA in 2009 to discontinue the prosecution of Zuma was irrational. Casac said the SCA […]

today14 October 2017

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Spy tape ruling ‘disappointing’, now it’s up to NPA – Presidency

While the Supreme Court of Appeal's decision to dismiss the "spy tapes" appeal is disappointing, it means that the NPA can now make a "legitimate" decision on whether or not to prosecute President Zuma, the Presidency says. "The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the then Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) had invoked the incorrect provisions in considering President Jacob Zuma's representations to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). […]

today13 October 2017

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