EXPLAINER: Why Zuma did and did not go back to prison

Zuma was released on Friday as a result of a national remission programme

Former president Jacob Zuma, after reporting to prison on Friday morning, was released shortly thereafter as a result of a national remission programme. National commissioner for correctional services Makgothi Thobakgale announced Zuma, who had been released on medical parole, “had never been a free man”.

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