Jacob Zuma Foundation denies links between Russia trip, ConCourt ruling
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has confirmed the former president is in Russia.
It says he arrived in that country last week for medical treatment.
The foundation's Mzwanele Manyi says it's a private trip but has dismissed media claims it's covert.
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"President Zuma and his team travelled on a commercial flight full of passengers. In fact, he was greeting a lot of people there, so how can such a thing be a secret?"
There's been speculation about Zuma's travels since the Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a Supreme Court of Appeal judgement that the 81-year-old must return to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence.
Manyi says the trip has no link to the ruling.
"President is many things, but he is not Sangoma. He would not have known that on Thursday, there would be such a judgment."
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The former president only served about two months of his 15-month sentence in 2021 before being released on medical parole.
He'd been imprisoned for defying a ConCourt order that he give evidence at the state capture inquiry.
