JACOB Zuma is back in Mzansi from Russia.
Jacob Zuma’s Foundation spokesman Mzwanele Manyi announced on Tuesday, 2 August that the former president has now returned from his trip, where he received medical treatment.
Manyi said Zuma's check-up and observations went well.
Manyi said that he had also returned so he could attend the Pietermaritzburg High Court when it sits on Friday, 4 August, to hear the private prosecution he has brought against News24 journalist Karyn Maughan and Advocate Billy Downer.
Zuma is seeking to prosecute Downer and specialist legal writer Maughan for allegedly sharing private documents filed by Zuma's lawyers and the state. The documents contained a sick note from the former president's military doctor.
“As matters stand and barring any ... shenanigans, the private prosecution is otherwise set down to be conducted in the presence of the two accused persons this Friday,” said Manyi.
Manyi said the foundation is grateful for Zuma's safe return into the country.
“He wishes to thank all the progressive South African citizens and organisations who sent him good wishes and prayers during this period.”
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Zuma left the country in July for medical treatment purposes.
He left just around the time when the Constitutional Court upheld the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal that his release from prison on medical parole was unlawful.
In an interview with Carte Blanche recently, Manyi said that the reason Zuma went to Russia was that he didn’t want to die.
Manyi said he didn’t trust that the former president Zuma would be safe in the South African health facilities because he had a lot of enemies.
He further said he couldn’t rule out that one of the people in the medical facility might try to kill him.
Meanwhile, Zuma is also facing the prospect of going back to prison. However, a decision on whether he should return to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence is expected to be announced by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
The department gave the former president a deadline of 4 August to make submissions to as to why he should not return to prison to serve out the rest of his 15-month sentence.
The sentences come after Zuma was released on medical parole in September 2021 by Arthur Fraser after he was found guilty of defying a Constitutional Court order to appear at the Zondo Commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture.
