FORMER President Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed on Sunday.
The Department of Correctional Services says the decision to grant Zuma medical parole was informed by a medical report it had received.
The 79-year-old former president is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.
The nature of his illness was not specified, but a statement said that he would complete his sentence in the community under supervision.
Last month, Correctional Services authorities said Zuma underwent surgery and was in hospital awaiting further operations.
Zuma handed himself in to police in July after being sentenced for defying an instruction to give evidence at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry.
The DA said the granting of medical parole to Zuma by the Department of Correctional Services was entirely unlawful and makes a mockery of the Correctional Matters
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