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Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been detained by the police since he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of the court on Wednesday night and will be eligible for parole in about four months, the attorney general said.
During his tenure in power from 2009 to 2018, Zuma ignored court orders to participate in a corruption investigation, surrendered to the police, and began serving his sentence in prison.
The ability of the authorities to return Zuma is seen as a major test of the rule of law in South Africa after apartheid.
Attorney General Ronald Lamola said on Thursday that Zuma will be kept in quarantine for 14 days under the COVID-19 agreement.
“This is not a time for celebration or victory, but a time for restraint and life,” he said, promising to treat Zuma like any other prisoner.
Zuma was sent to the Estcourt Correctional Center overnight, about 175 kilometers from his rural homestead in Encandela, eastern South Africa.
Zuma denies widespread corruption and has so far failed to cooperate with legal proceedings against him, insisting that he is a victim of a political witch hunt.
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