Zuma to hear arrest order fate on Friday
Former president Jacob Zuma will learn on Friday if his high court bid to stay out of jail has been successful.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court heard Zuma's application to have his arrest order stayed on Tuesday.
It's reserved judgment in the matter.
The Constitutional Court sentenced Zuma to 15 months in jail for contempt of court for failing to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture.
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It was a lengthy day of arguments by legal reps on behalf of Zuma, the commission and NGO Helen Suzman foundation.
The arguments by Zuma's lawyer, Dali Mpofu, mainly centred around jurisdiction, telling the Pietermaritzburg court does, in fact, have jurisdiction to rule on his client's application to have Zuma's arrest order stayed.
He further argued mitigating factors, saying his client is a 79-year-old elderly man, has well-known health issues, is not a flight risk and is under the watchful eye of security agencies.
Mpofu then took a swipe at commission chair, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, who had applied to oppose Zuma's application, saying Zondo's scope of interest ended when the apex court sentenced Zuma to 15 years in prison.
He then also took a dig at the Helen Suzman Foundation, saying they were merely an NGO with no real grounds of interest.
Arguing for state capture chair, Judge Raymond Zondo, advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi said the court does not have jurisdiction to rule on a matter of the Constitutional Court.
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He further said it made no sense why the police ministry said it would seek clarity on the matter of Zuma's arrest, which was set to come into effect on Wednesday, saying that the order to arrest him remained in effect until the Constitutional Court says otherwise.
