South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, who on Thursday, July 8, began a 15-month sentence for contempt, will be eligible to be released on parole in just under four months, the authorities said.
Under the country’s correctional
regulations, "the former president will be eligible for parole once a
quarter of his sentence has been served," Justice Minister Ronald Ramola
told reporters.
Zuma "will be afforded dignity
throughout his term of incarceration," he said, speaking in front of
Estcourt prison in KwaZulu-Natal province.
Zuma handed himself in overnight to the
police to begin serving the sentence at the jail, which is located in a small
farming town.
The sentence was handed down by the
Constitutional Court on June 29 after Zuma refused an order to appear before
anti-graft investigators.
Zuma, who is in "good spirits" will be placed in isolation for the first 14 days in jail in line with Covid-19 protocols, the minister said, adding that he would not receive "any special treatment."
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