Estcourt correctional centre
A year since Jacob Zuma went to jail, some supporters still unhappy with ruling
The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma be incarcerated last year and was on this day taken a prisoner.
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Carl Niehaus' case on violating COVID-19 rules postponed to June
This after his defence filed for an application to discharge him without him taking to stand.
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Carl Niehaus due back in court for breaking COVID-19 regulations
His trangression occured outside the Estcourt Correctional Services Centre where former President Jacob Zuma was imprisoned in July last year.
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Carl Niehaus: I will continue protesting for the release of Jacob Zuma
Suspended ANC member Carl Niehaus was arrested last month after participating in an illegal demonstration outside the Estcourt Correctional Services facility where Jacob Zuma is serving his 15-month prison sentence.
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JZ Foundation says it’s still waiting for a report from Zuma’s doctors
On Friday, Zuma was admitted to a hospital outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre, in KwaZulu-Natal, where he's been serving his 15-month jail term.
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He's fine: Foundation says Zuma's hospitalisation is a scheduled check-up
The Department of Correctional Services confirmed on Friday morning that Zuma was at a facility outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre where he is serving his 15-month jail term.
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Zuma applies for compassionate leave to attend brother's funeral - dept
With compassionate leave, inmates are released temporarily to attend the funerals of relatives.
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Zuma entitled to compassionate leave to attend brother’s funeral
But correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said he has to apply for it first which he hasn’t done.
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Estcourt inmates not holding hunger strike over Zuma, says Justice Dept
The Justice and Correctional Services Department has dismissed social media reports that prisoners at the Estcourt Correctional Centre were staging a hunger strike in solidarity with fellow inmate, former President Jacob Zuma.
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'The struggle continues': Carl Niehaus released on R3,000 fine
He was arrested outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal where former President Jacob Zuma is serving a 15-month sentence.
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Criminal case opened after Zuma prison pictures leaked, says DCS
The pictures were shared on social media.
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Lamola: Zuma can apply for parole within 4 months, or medical parole at any time
Former President Jacob Zuma started serving his 15-month sentence at the Escourt Correctional Facility in KwaZulu-Natal after he was taken into custody close to midnight on Wednesday night.
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Carl Niehaus arrested outside Estcourt Prison where Jacob Zuma incarcerated
He was apparently violating COVID-19 regulations as Zuma supporters gathered outside the prison.
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HSF: Zuma arrest has boosted public confidence in state's ability to uphold law
Legal researcher at the Helen Suzman Foundation, Christopher Fisher, said that the government did its job in terms of carrying out the order of the Constitutional Court.
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Cabinet not divided over Jacob Zuma's incarceration, says Lamola
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that he met Jacob Zuma in person and that he was his usual laughing self and did not say anything about his previous comments that the African National Congress (ANC) had abandoned him.
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FUL: Jacob Zuma’s jailing a bright day for SA’s constitutional democracy
Freedom Under Law’s chief executive officer, Nicole Fritz, said that Jacob Zuma’s jailing to serve his 15-month sentence for contempt underlined the central principle of the Constitution, equality under the law.
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Lamola: Zuma not receiving any special treatment in jail
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that the medical assessments being done on Zuma were standard procedure to determine how he would be incarcerated and Zuma would be placed in isolation for the first 14 days in line with COVID-19 regulations.
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Lamola: Jacob Zuma in prison hospital, isolating for 14 days
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that former President Jacob Zuma would be assessed before a decision was made on how he would be incarcerated.
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Zuma put through physical checks & is in isolation, says Correctional Services
Spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo explained to 702's Clement Manyathela why former President Jacob Zuma was being held at the Estcourt Correctional Centre and what assessments he has to undergo.
