Formder President Jacob Zuma was sentenced to a 15-month prison term in 2021 after being found guilty of contempt of court.
Zuma was sentenced to a 15-month prison term in 2021 after being found guilty of contempt of court.in its bid to overturn the Electoral Commission of SA’s decision to bar Zuma from being one of the party’s candidates to parliament after the 29 May polls.
The former president was sentenced to a 15-month prison term in 2021 after being found guilty of contempt of court.sitting in Johannesburg, Mpofu argued that Zuma’s sentence was only three months because the former president was granted medical parole and a presidential remission.“What we are saying is that if he was pardoned, then this argument would not stand, but the effect of remission has been clearly defined as to cancel the sentence or to set aside the sentence.
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