Former President Jacob Zuma will know on Friday if his 15-month jail sentence will be set aside.
The Constitutional Court has announced that it will hand down judgment in his rescission application.
Zuma was sent to jail by the apex court for contempt of court after he violated the court’s order and refused to appear at the state capture commission of inquiry.
He later filed a rescission application, asking the court to review its decision.
While Zuma has been granted medical parole, AfriForum and the Democratic Alliance (DA) are taking the decision by outgoing Correctional Service Commissioner Arthur Fraser on review.
Fraser granted Zuma medical parole despite the medical advisory board saying that he did not qualify.
At the end of June, the Constitutional Court sentenced Zuma to 15 months behind bars for contempt of court, after he refused to attend the state capture commission despite the apex court ordering him to do so.
Zuma then made a rescission application to the court. Although an order of the Constitutional Court may not be appealed, the rules of the ConCourt incorporate some rules of the Uniform Rules of Court, which apply to all other courts.
Rule 42 says a court may “rescind or vary an order or judgment erroneously sought or erroneously granted in the absence of any party affected thereby”.
In a tweet on Thursday, the court said its decision in Zuma’s application will be made at 10am on Friday.
“Judgment on Friday September 17 … Is the judgment and order of the Constitutional Court, sentencing former president Zuma to imprisonment for contempt of court, rescindable? And should it be set aside?” the court said on its official Twitter account.
(1/2) Judgment on Friday, 17 September at 10h00: Is the judgment and order of the Constitutional Court, sentencing former President Zuma to imprisonment for contempt of court, rescindable? And should it be set aside? (JG Zuma v Secretary of the Judicial Commission and Others)
— Constitutional Court (@ConCourtSA) September 16, 2021