SA Human Rights Commission Appeals For Calm After Court Rules That Zuma Should Return To Prison

THE South African Human Rights Commission has appealed for calm following the decision of the North Gauteng High Court nullifying and setting aside the decision of the head of the Department of Correctional Services to grant medical parole to former President Jacob Zuma.

The high court in Pretoria on Wednesdat ordered the former president to return to correctional Services to serve the remainder of the sentence that had been imposed on him by the Constitutional Court.

The Commission said it had noted that the social media is already abuzz with statements that have the potential to inflame the situation in the country.

“Some statements have been made on public news media which can have the same effect,” said the commission in a statement.

“The Commission recalls that such media statements did in fact inflame the situation in June / July 2021 and led to the July unrest that took