THE Pretoria High Court has ordered former President Jacob Zuma be returned to jail after ruling that the medical parole he was granted in September by former Correctional Services commissioner Arthur Fraser was unlawful.
The court ordered that Zuma, 79, “be returned to the custody of the Department of Correctional Services” to serve out the remainder of his 15-month sentence.
Judge Keoagile Matojane handed down the scathing judgment on Wednesday.
“The decision of the first respondent Arthur Fraser, to place the third respondent Zuma, on medical parole is reviewed, declared unlawful and set aside,” said Matojane.
Both Zuma and Fraser have also been ordered to pay the cost of the applicants.
Zuma, who was convicted of contempt of court earlier this year, was granted medical parole after serving less than two months in jail.
The Helen Suzman Foundation challenged the decision.
The jailing of Zuma in July was the
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