Fraser tells court he feared a repeat of July unrest - In an affidavit to the high court in Pretoria, the former head of correctional services submitted this as a reason for ordering Jacob Zuma’s early release on medical parole though doctors disagreed
by the Democratic Alliance, demanding that the decision to release Zuma in September be set aside and he be returned to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence for contempt of court.remain classified as top secret, and says that if the applicant wished to secure the release of these, it had failed to follow the proper channels.
But it was not approved by the board, which held that it did not have sufficient information, according to the affidavit that repeatedly refers to the classified nature of any information pertaining to Zuma’s health. Fraser said he found this striking because it was the case while Zuma spent a month under specialist care and there was no telling what would happen if he were to return to prison.
“Taking into consideration the events that occurred during the month of July 2021 and specifically around the period when the third respondent was incarcerated there was public unrest and destruction of property as well as the heightened ongoing public interest in any matter that related to the third correspondent,” Fraser said.
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