Police seeking clarity on Zuma arrest: Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele says they were given until midnight on Wednesday to arrest former president Jacob Zuma but are seeking clarity on the impact of two urgent court applications.
Cele was speaking at the launch of the Covid-19 vaccination drive for the country's men and women in blue in Gauteng on Monday morning.
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After last week's contempt of court judgment, Zuma was ordered to surrender himself to police by Sunday to start serving his 15-month prison sentence.
But things changed after he submitted an application to the Constitutional Court to review or set aside the ruling.
The application is going to be heard next Monday.
An application for a stay of his arrest will be heard in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday.
Cele says they need to know the way forward.
"We don't have crisis of time, but also we hope that we will be getting the clarification because when we were given the instruction, there were no other legal activities taking place,” said Cele.
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"As the South African police ministry we instructed with the commissioner, we have seeked the better clarification, are we waiting for the new activities that are happening in court or continue as the present instruction.
"So we have time on that one. I don't think we have to rush."
