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FILE: Officials enter the Estcourt Correctional Centre, where former South African president Jacob Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, in Estcourt, on 8 July 2021. Picture: AFP

Estcourt correctional centre

A year since Jacob Zuma went to jail, some supporters still unhappy with ruling

By Nhlanhla Mabaso

The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma be incarcerated last year and was on this day taken a prisoner.

  • Carl Niehaus at the Estcourt Magistrates Court on Monday, 16 May 2022. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News

    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.

    95 days ago
  • FILE: Former spokesperson for the now-disbanded MKVA, Carl Niehaus. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/Eyewitness News

    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.

    95 days ago
  • Suspended ANC member Carl Niehaus (third from left) with his legal team and those he referred to as his comrades on 18 August 2021 outside the Estcourt Magistrates Court. Picture: @niehaus_carl/Twitter.

    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.

    366 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma at the Pietermaritzburg on 23 May 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    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.

    377 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    378 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma removes his eyeglasses as he addresses the media at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal on 4 July 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

    Zuma applies for compassionate leave to attend brother's funeral - dept

    With compassionate leave, inmates are released temporarily to attend the funerals of relatives.

    394 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    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.

    396 days ago
  • Justice Minister Ronald Lamola addressed media in front of the Estcourt Correctional Centre on 8 July 2021 where former President Jacob Zuma is currently incarcerated. Picture: Justice Department.

    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.

    406 days ago
  • Suspended MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal on 8 July 2021, shortly before he was arrested. Picture: YouTube screengrab/SABC.

    '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.

    406 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma removes his eyeglasses as he addresses the media at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal on 4 July 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

    Criminal case opened after Zuma prison pictures leaked, says DCS

    The pictures were shared on social media.

    407 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African president Jacob Zuma who is facing fraud and corruption charges greets supporters in the gallery of the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 17 May 2021. Picture: Rogan Ward/AFP

    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.

    407 days ago
  • FILE: Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association, led supporters of former President Jacob Zuma in a protest on 9 October 2020, demanding Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo step down from the commission of inquiry into state capture, accusing him of bias against Zuma. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/Eyewitness News

    Carl Niehaus arrested outside Estcourt Prison where Jacob Zuma incarcerated

    He was apparently violating COVID-19 regulations as Zuma supporters gathered outside the prison.

    407 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma in the Pietermaritzburg High Court where he appeared on corruption charges on 15 October 2019. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    407 days ago
  • Justice Minister Ronald Lamola at a media briefing outside the Estcourt Correctional Service facility where former President Jacob Zuma is serving his 15-month sentence. Picture: YouTube screengrab/SABC.

    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.

    407 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    407 days ago
  • Justice Minister Ronald Lamola at a media briefing outside the Estcourt Correctional Service facility where former President Jacob Zuma is serving his 15-month sentence. Picture: YouTube screengrab/SABC.

    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.

    407 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma stands in the dock during the recess of his corruption trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 26 May 2021. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    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.

    407 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    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.

    407 days ago
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