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Top court to rule on Zuma’s jail sentence today

/Staff Writer

South Africans will know on Friday at 10am whether the jail sentence handed down to former president Jacob Zuma should be set aside. At the end of June, the Constitutional Court sentenced Zuma to 15 months behind bars for contempt of court. He then made a rescission application to the court. Although an order of the Constitutional Court may not be appealed, the rules of the apex court incorporate some of the rules that apply to all other courts. Rule 42 of the Uniform Rules of Court says a court may “rescind or vary an order or judgment erroneously sought or erroneously granted in the absence of any party affected thereby”.

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