Con Court rules Zuma Return to Prison Refuses Correctional Services’ Appeal
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Department of Correctional Services’ application for leave to appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling that former President Jacob Zuma must go back to prison.1 In the ruling handed down on Thursday, the apex court found the Department’s appeal “bears no reasonable prospect of success” and dismissed the application with costs.2 Zuma missed the deadline to appeal the SCA ruling but filed an application for leave to intervene.3 Zuma missed the deadline to appeal the SCA ruling but filed an application for leave to intervene.4 The SCA dismissed this, also with costs, as there would be an appeal.5 Zuma was jailed in July 2021 for 15 months for contempt of the Constitutional Court after he refused to obey an order to appear before the Zondo Comm...